August 2009 Archives
Photo spread: Shabbes Backwards March, 2009
KlezKanada’s Film Program: What It Is So Far, by Eric Stein
ר (רייש) אין אַמעריקע אַ קלאַס מיט מיישקע אַלפּערטפֿון מרים-חיה סגל / “Reysh in America”, A class with Michael (Meyshke) Alpert, by Amanda (Miryem-Khaye) Seigel
Three Children’s Rhymes presented by Binyumen Schaecther at the Pesakh Fiszman Memorial
C’ EST PARTI !, by Melanie Ribot
אַ נאַטור שפּאַציר, טײֵל 2 פֿון איציק גאָלדענבערג / A Nature Walk In Yiddish (Part 2), by Itsik Goldenberg
Playing Music the Bessarabian Way, by Keith Wolzinger
KlezKanada Visual Arts, by SK (photos: Robin Young)
A piece of teenage wildlife, by Louis London
טאַנצן מיט איין אונטערחלק אויף צוויי גלייַכצייַטיקע ייִדיש-פֿעסטיוואַלן
אַ פֿאַרקירצונג פֿון בנימין שעכטערס נעכטיקן ענגלישן אַרטיקל
צוגעגרייט פון מרים-חיה סגל
and more!
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אַ נאַטור-שפּאַציר אױף ייִדיש פֿון איציק גאָלדענבערג / A Nature Walk In Yiddish, by Itsik Goldenberg
פֿון מאָנטרעאַל ביז מאָלדאָווע פֿון רחל קאַפֿריסען
Jeff Warschauer receives the KlezKanada “Distinguished Service” award as he steps down as Artistic Director to begin his cantorial studies this coming year at JTS.
Dancing with One Tush at Two Simultaneous Yiddish Festivals by Binyumin Schaechter
Interview with FreYdi Mrocki, by Sabu Wex, Mira Netsky and Michelle Wolzinger
סודאָקו Sudoku, by Riki Friedman
and even more of the usual photos and fun!
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KlezKanada’s gala concert this year, produced by Jason Rosenblatt and Avia Moore, celebrates the work of some of our outstanding scholarship graduates. These young artists are at the forefront of many of the newest and most exciting activities in the worldwide Yiddish and Klezmer revival. In addition, special lectures and other programming, curated by Rokhl Kafrissen, will focus on worldwide activities of the Nayer Dor, the New Generation.
AVIA MOORE (Montreal) has studied, danced and taught with many of the world’s foremost Yiddish dance teachers/leaders. She is the on-site Administrative Director for KlezKanada (for whom she wears a plethora of hats) and is the founder and artistic director of Burnt Wine, a theatre company dedicated to exploring cultural themes in a postmodern setting.
Jason Rosenblatt studied jazz piano at the Rimon School of Jazz in Ramat Hasharon Israel and at the McGill Conservatory. His achievements as a composer and harmonica player were most recently recognized by the Canada Council for the Arts, which awarded him a grant to study with his mentor, harmonica master Howard Levy. In addition to Jason’s career as a performer, he is an educator who teaches youth ensembles and teaches keyboard and harmonica at KlezKanada.
Rokhl Kafrissen is lawyer and journalist. She is currently working on a book called “The Myth of the Yiddish Atlantis” and writes for Jewish Currents magazine. At KlezKanada she is coordinating both lectures and the special programming for Der Nayer Dor.
אחד Ekhod - lyrics by Sarah Mina Gordon, melody trad Ukrainian-Jewish
Guitar workshop, by Roger Reid
Interview with Marilla Wex, by Michelle Wolzinger, Sabu Wex and Mira Netsky
The Klezkanada Film Class: A Blockbuster Disappointment, by Louis London
קעסטל רעטעניש Kestl Retenish (Box Riddle), by Riki Friedman, Freydi Mrocki, Sophie Creutz
and more ads, photos, "did you know" and other fun stuff....
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באַגעגעניש מיטן פֿאַרברענטן ייִדישיסט
Klezmer Talk on the Internet, by Keith Wolzinger
Lecture Notes: Roots in Exile
Mentshlekh-keit Revisited: New book by Michael Wex out in two weeks, by Steve Karp
Klez Kinder B’Kitzur, by Lisa Mayer
Sebastian Shulman: From Montreal to Moldova, by Rokhl Kafrissen
and the usual ads, photos, and other fun stuff
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Shloimke Beckerman Kolomeyke Medley.pdf
Shloimke Beckerman Kolomeyke.mp3
This year, over 325 participants, from as far away as Australia and New Zealand and Uruguay.
Photo: KlezKanada sunrise 2008. Source: Robert Blacksberg
with Shayn Smulyan & Emily Lam program from National Yiddish Book Center to gather memories debuts at KlezKanada
A dance done at Jewish weddings in Toronto, a little-known Yiddish proverb, the perfect recipe for brisket, a nign (tune) sung by Hasidim in a village destroyed in the Holocaust, a photograph of Jewish workers at a convention in the 1920s — all are important parts of Jewish cultural history, and all will be coming to life again, thanks to The Discovery Project.
KlezKanada is delighted to announce a major educational collaboration with the National Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA, where Hankus Netsky has served for the past two years as Vice President for Education. The Discovery Project is a grass-roots cultural recovery program that has taken on the challenge of recovering what is left of our immigrant and post-immigrant heritage, mobilizing young people to seek out and document the kinds of Jewish cultural treasures about which they are most passionate. The material that Hankus and our KlezKanada participants will gather will be made available to the public, so that new generations can learn it, learn from it, and use it as the basis for creative projects, curriculum—or delicious meals. It will become part of an interactive “open archive,” hosted on the web, and as part of National Yiddish Book Center publications and exhibits and, perhaps most importantly, will provide the content for public programs of all types—at KlezKanada, at the Book Center, and all over the world!
This summer, Hankus Netsky will present workshops on the material he has been gathering and showcasing at the Book Center and will train participants to gather additional material, both on-site at KlezKanada and in their own communities. We will also be looking for sources from within our Klezkanada community. Join the “Discovery Project” at KlezKanada, and get ready to Discover!
