KlezCalifornia has been informed of the passing of Sonia Tubridy on November 26, 2021. We will post memorial information when we receive it. Band specializing in traditional Old World Klezmer and Israeli dance music. Also swing and old standards. Sonia Tubridy, accordion; Paul Alexander, clarinet; Gus Garelick, mandolin and...
Designs synagogue and private gardens, in addition to other work. Studies the spatial organization of traditional Jewish communities in Eastern Europe and its transposition to Jewish communities in the U.S., Canada, Israel and Australia. Masters in Landscape Architecture, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University.
Judaica and Hebraica Curator, Stanford University Library
The Cantors Assembly's khazn Robert Kieval continues his popular Listening Room program with an all-new series of bi-weekly episodes designed especially for the lover of Hazzanut (khazones). Hundreds of people listen each week. With his encyclopedic knowledge of the world of Hazzanut and its practitioners throughout history, Hazzan Kieval guides...
Renna Khuner-Haber is a longtime Jewish community organizer and song leader. She is a collector of Jewish melodies old and new and ran the Bay Area Nigun Collective (www.nigun.community) for four years. She has taught workshops and supported individuals around the country in starting their own wordless singing groups. Renna...
Performers, Yiddish Choruses, Singers and Song Leaders / East Bay
Gale Kissin, a.k.a. Gishe Reyzl, is a Yiddish folksinger and guitarist.
Performers, Yiddish Choruses, Singers and Song Leaders / Sonoma County
KlezCalifornia is a non-profit San Francisco Bay Area organization founded in 2003 that connects people and communities with Yiddish culture. You are on KlezCalifornia's website! As KlezCalifornia in 2023 celebrates our 20th anniversary connecting people and communities with Yiddish culture, we are announcing our transition to a facilitating organization. We...
Community Event News and Calendars Online, Jewish Arts Presenters, Other Resources, Yiddish Culture Online, Youth Programs
Links to resources for learning about and playing klezmer music, generally and for specific instruments, collected by Jim Rebhan.
Klezmer and Israeli music, and some bluegrass at events large or small
Bands radioshows, events, sheet music recordings, instruments, organizations and classifieds http://www.klezmershack.com/
All facets of Jewish vocal and instrumental music (especially dance music) and songs in Yiddish, Ladino and Hebrew. Klezmer, Sephardic, folk,religious and contemporary Jewish song, singers and musicians! This is our Klezmer/Jewish Music hubpage. We have 16 carefully chosen sites for you to choose from below. We hope you'll visit...
An outgrowth of the Stanford Klezmer Band, Klezmore Square was founded in 2016 solely to bring klezmer music to the Congregation Beth Am community at special events and holidays.
Since 2010, KlezNu has been hypnotizing audiences with their fusion of klezmer and modern jazz. Led by the Bay Area's cherished performer Barry Reich, KlezNu performs original and traditional Klezmer tunes which take away your daily woes. Check out their music at https://www.reverbnation.com/kleznu.
Rehearses Mondays, 7:00pm. Repertoire includes pieces in English, Hebrew, Yiddish, French, Ladino, and German.
Professor Kronfeld teaches Hebrew, Yiddish and Comparative Literature at U.C. Berkeley with a special emphasis on modern poetry. She is the author of On the Margins of Modernism: Decentering Literary Dynamics which won the MLA Scaglione Prize in 1996 for Best Book in Comparative Literary Studies. Her co-translation (with Chana...
