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
For many New Yorkers, H&H Bagels were the gold standard, the very height of bagel perfection to which none other compared. But they went out of business in 2011 and were mourned by many. Now several years of ongoing experimentation have resulted in something pretty darn close. A top-notch...
Workshops in all two-dimensional media, including collage, painting, drawing, print making, and the art of paper cuts. A and MFA, Wayne State University. Elementary school teacher. Designs book jackets. Taught art at Solomon Schechter Middle School, Newton, MA for two years, and at college in Michigan for seven years.
Stuart Brotman, bass, basy (cello), tilinca and baraban (poik), has been an accomplished performer, arranger and recording artist in the ethnic music field for over 50 years. He has been a moving force in the klezmer revival since its beginning, and has defined klezmer bass (“It’s a large instrument that...
The Collection's focus is on the Yiddish-language musical stage, and includes many photographs of performers (often in costume) and composers, and, not infrequently, scenes from theatrical productions. Also included in the collection are art songs, Hebrew and Yiddish language folk songs, and religious music, notably from the cantorial repertoire. Notable...
Klezmer performances by a multi-reed instrumentalist who has played with The Gonifs, Klezmorim, and KlezX.
Band led by Gerry Tenney available for klezmer performances, weddings, bar/bas mitzveh parties, community celebrations. Klezmer, Yiddish folk songs and instrumentals, Yiddish and Yinglish versions of rock & roll songs, and original compositions.
Dishes from famous Los Angeles deli Canter's are available via pick up or delivery via DoorDash Kitchens in Redwood City and now in San Jose (through November). The menu includes matzo ball soup, crispy latkes, pastrami and corned beef sandwiches, coleslaw, sauerkraut, dill pickles, and more. Redwood City: https://www.doordash.com/en-AU/store/canter%27s-deli-redwood-city-1636778 San...
Yael Chaver is a native of Israel and a long-time resident of Berkeley. She holds a Ph.D. in Yiddish from U.C. Berkeley, and recently retired from that institution after seventeen years as a lecturer in Yiddish language, literature, and culture for the Center for Jewish Studies and the Department of...
Lecturers, Yiddish Language Teachers and Translators / East Bay
Good for linguistically-inclined beginners, but not for absolute beginners. Search online for this book. KlezCalifornia does not sell it.
PERFORMING Flute Solo or Flute and Harp for weddings, concerts, background music, or other occasions. Klezmer and other Jewish styles, classical, pop. TEACHING Teaches all types of Jewish and classical music for flute, piccolo, amd recorder; and music theory. Ages five to adult. Online and in person. Has a degree...
Sherith Israel is a Reform congregation in San Francisco that sometimes presents klezmer and Yiddish concerts.
Museum dedicated to celebrating Jewish culture, history, art, and ideas. Some exhibits present Yiddish culture. Occasional performances. Shop for exhibition-related catalogs, selected Judaica, engaging books, and thoughtful gifts. All sales support The Museum's educational mission. Lunch at Wise Sons Jewish Delicatessen
Ashkenazic Food, Jewish Arts Presenters, Other Resources, Retail Stores in the Bay Area / San Francisco
For those who can already speak rudimentary Yiddish. Seven Mondays, 7/17 - 8/28, 7-8:30pm Pacific Time on Zoom. You may register even after the course has begun. Stress in this class will be placed on interactive conversation with the instructor and among the students (almost) entirely in Yiddish. I will...
Organic…Hand-rolled…Boiled…Wood-fired…Cultured butter…Cream cheese…Made in-house from local, sustainably-raised Bay Area agriculture. Second location: Takeout bagel shop in S.F.'s Ferry Building opening December 2019.