We could all use a little more Purim energy this year —and so we’re bringing the party to the heart of Pico-Robertson 🎭✨
The night kicks off with a teaching from Rabbi Zach Golden of Der Nister, followed by DJ sets and dancing.
There will be themed ice cream by Rav Brett Kopin of @baselosangeles , kosher snacks and hamantaschen, and a cash bar. Costumes strongly encouraged!
Made possible by @weareikar , @byachadla , @dernisterlosangeles , @circlesocal , and @kulturmercado
Link in bio 🔗 jewsforla.org/events
Friday, February 6, 8 pm
David Rovics is back at the SoCal Arbeter Ring/ Workers Circle as part of his Ministry of Culture Tour.
Join us for a night of music about solidarity, antifascism, and hope at a time all are sorely needed.
Ticket link in bio.
Come join us Sunday, January 11th from 2-4 pm to listen to the poetry of Chaim Schwartz put to song.
This will be interspersed with a lecture on the fascinating life of the largely LA-based Chaim Schwartz!
This event is free. Donations appreciated.
FREE YIDDISH EVENT
SUNDAY 2PM AT SOCAL ARBETER RING/ WORKERS CIRCLE @circlesocal
Ruth Judkowitz (socal WC’s benevolent chairmentsh) will give a lecture discussing her research on CHAIM SCHWARTZ — A politically active communist poet from Belarus who migrated to the
US in the 20s and became a central figure in LAs Jewish literary & political circles.
We will then perform a set of Yiddish songs written by various Jewish composers who set Schwartz’s poems to music in the first half of the 20th century.
There are no known recordings of these songs and it’s likely they haven’t been performed in over 50 years!
RSVPs via email to [email protected] are appreciated 🫶🏼
Again the event is FREE but we will also gladly accept donations to help repair the Workers Circle’s roof which was damaged during last weeks storms.
Join us on Sunday, December 21st at 2pm for a free community celebration of Khanike with special guests the Klezmer Juice Orchestra!
This event is about celebrating community, making new friends, celebrating music old and new, and rounding out another year with the SoCal Arbeter Ring!
Donations welcome. RSVP to: [email protected].
Thanks to @aaron.castillo.white for the flyer.
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Listen to the poems and compositions of one of LA’s storied literary greats at LA Yiddish Day, Chaim Schwartz!
Ruth Judkowitz is presenting new English translations of Los Angeles Yiddish poet Chaim Schwartz, along with musical settings by four different composers performed in their original Yiddish.
About Ruth:
Ruth Judkowitz is currently the chairmentsh of the Southern California Arbeter Ring Educational Center. She teaches three levels of beginning Yiddish, directs two choruses, and runs the programming and general operations of the SoCal Arbeter Ring. She is a composer/arranger/multi-instrumentalist, currently working on Yiddish chorale arrangements and translations of Los Angeles-based Yiddish poets’ oeuvre.
Strike LA Yiddish Day onto your calendar! Sunday, November 23 from 10 AM to 5 PM. There will be music, lectures and a few rounds of Yiddish Jeopardy! And so much more. Register in our bio.
Link in Bio. There's nothing better than art, music, and anti-fascism.
Join us this year for the annual Night of the Murdered Poets, commemorating the Yiddish-speaking writers, artists, and activists executed at the height of the Stalinist purges.
This year, we're commemorating the poet and activist, Itzik Feffer.
Itzik Feffer (1900–1952) was a Soviet Yiddish poet, playwright, and public intellectual whose work blended revolutionary fervor with deep roots in Jewish cultural tradition. Born in Shpola (present-day Ukraine), Feffer rose to prominence in the early Soviet Union as a leading figure in the Yiddish literary world, using his poetry to celebrate proletarian ideals while preserving the rhythms and imagery of Jewish life.
Feffer was also a vocal participant in anti-fascist efforts during World War II, traveling abroad as part of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee. Despite his loyalty to the Soviet regime, Feffer was arrested during Stalin’s purges and executed on August 12, 1952, during the Night of the Murdered Poets. He is worth remembering not only for the lyrical intensity of his verse, but also as a symbol of the profound contradictions faced by Jewish artists navigating survival, identity, and expression under totalitarian rule.
This event will commeorate the poets through a recounting of their history, through recitals of their poetry in Yiddish and English, and through song.
This event will commemorate the poets through a recounting of their history, through recitals of their poetry in Yiddish and English, and through song.
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