Andy Muchin has hosted the “Sounds Jewish” radio show on Mississippi Public Broadcasting (MPB) and Radio-J.com since 2010. Each week he chooses a theme and presents an array of recordings spanning the Jewish world and the decades. Shows, broadcast first on Sundays, usually include klezmer music and Yiddish song. Find...
Learn the basics of Yiddish conversation; no Yiddish experience necessary. National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene's Associate Artistic Director Motl Didner offers lessons brought to life by a vibrant cast of fictional characters. The fifth season of NYTF's 15-Minute Yiddish (more or less) has concluded its fifteenth and final episode. All seasons and...
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As the APJCC states, "[t]he Addison-Penzak Jewish Community Center of Silicon Valley is a nonprofit community center that welcomes people of all faiths. We work to enhance Jewish life in Silicon Valley, and to provide social, cultural, educational and recreational services for the entire community."
Yiddish and klezmer CDs, Yiddish textbooks, sometimes Yiddish poetry and prayer books. Welcome to the Pacific Northwest's premier full-service Judaica shop. Our specialties include: friendly service, a welcoming space for all ages, affiliations and orientations, works by local and Israeli artists, Fair Trade Judaica products, a Talis Boutique, Khupeh (Chuppah)...
Since 1990, Amoeba Music has welcomed independent music lovers of all kinds to our unique, vibrant stores in Berkeley, San Francisco and Hollywood. We stock every kind of music and movies -- from the top 40 to the best in underground rock and hip-hop, soul, electronica, new and classic jazz,...
Organizations: San Francisco Bay Area Jewish Genealogical Society Books available in the San Francisco Bay Area: Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire. Revised Edition, 2 vols., by Alexander Beider, with 200-page introduction Available at the Jewish Community Library, in San Francisco and at the Oakland...
Montreal smoke meat sandwiches ("imagine the love child of pastrami and corned beef and Quebecois poutine (thick beef gravy on french-fried potatoes with fresh cheese curds)), sides, and local craft brews. The Augie’s Authentic Montreal Deli concept comes from founder and creator Alexei (Lex) Gopnik-Lewinski, who has called the San...
Six kinds of bagels offered Saturday and Sunday mornings. Also organic cream cheese, smoked trout salad. Combinations include "The Whole Megillah" and "Everything Everywhere." Get to go or buy to eat in the Junction Beer Garden & Bottle Shop
Formerly Reinhard Family Curator for Judaica and Hebraica Collections, Stanford University
In addition to the usual kinds of bagels, they also have cranberry, chocolate chip, pumpkin, cinnamon sugar, and gluten free. Also coffee, breakfast sandwiches, bagel dogs, chocolate chip cookies. Special day on day-old bagels.
Bay Area klezmer trio Baymele brings together fiddler Matthew Stein, cellist Misha Khalikulov, and accordionist Dmitri Gaskin in a deep exploration and celebration of Jewish folk music from Romania and Poland. Here they are in a concert video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkRsTXWR6-Q And here they are playing with Romanian musicians Sergiu and Valeriu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nvSKGgATjs
Takes inspiration from Montreal. Wood-fired bagels, shakshuka, hummus, organic fried chicken, free-range eggs, matzoh ball soup, smoked trout salad, and so much more. Now offers catering.
Workshops in family art and teen folk art, using multiple media. Taught children at Eastbay Kindershul (now closed). Degrees in Fine Arts and Art Therapy. Experienced with special needs kids.
Song leader, choir director, band leader and music teacher. Leads the band ADAMA, Nigunim Chorus (now on hiatus) and numerous senior choruses; specializes in creating virtual chorus video clips; leads singing in Yiddish, Hebrew, and Ladino around the Bay Area; provides music transcriptions, choral arrangements, and sound equipment; teaches adults...
Music Teachers, Performers, Yiddish Choruses, Singers and Song Leaders / East Bay
Ben Brussell created the band KLEZMANIA! in 1989, and then after the first album, "The Wailing Wall" in 1992, he formed Benny Be Music Productions. Benny Be Music Productions is a complete special event live music and DJ/MC service for all Jewish life cycle events in all Jewish cultural and...
Teaches and leads Yiddish/klezmer dance.
Performer, lecturer, and song leader. Her current project, Doubly Suppressed, Doubly Forgotten: The Meir Noy Collection of Yiddish Songs, is fiscally sponsored by KlezCalifornia. “Yiddish Piano Bar,” “Avanti! Forverts!” (Yiddish and Italian Protest Songs with Michael Alpert, Francesco Spagnolo), cabaret performances with band, and traditional khazones (chazanut). She has performed...
Lecturers, Performers, Yiddish Choruses, Singers and Song Leaders / East Bay
Bruce Bierman is a celebrated Jewish dance master, teaching artist and award-winning theater director in the Bay Area and Los Angeles. He was a leading performer and teaching artist with the acclaimed Aman Folk Dance Ensemble of Los Angeles and currently serves on the faculty of Oakland's groundbreaking Stagebridge Performing...
Dance Classes and Dance Leaders, Lecturers, Music Teachers, Performers / East Bay
Ken Blady is a Jewish educator, Yiddish teacher, author, and translator of seven works from Yiddish. YIDDISH COURSES See Ken's current Yiddish courses at https://klezcalifornia.org/listing-category/yiddish-classes-in-the-bay-area/ or contact Ken directly. LECTURES Offers lectures on: History of the Yiddish Language Give Me Your Huddled Masses: Jewish Immigration to New York City The...
Lecturers, Yiddish Language Teachers and Translators / East Bay