KlezCalendar

Monday, November 5, 2006, 8:00 PM: Joann Sfar, author of KLEZMER: BOOK 1: TALES OF THE WILD EAST (published by First Second Books). Internationally acclaimed graphic novelist Joann Sfar (author of THE RABBI'S CAT) will speak about his newest work, the ongoing saga of a wandering band of Jewish klezmer musicians in pre-World War II Eastern Europe. Following band leader Noah Davidovich and a misfit cast of characters, Sfar brings to mind both Isaac Bashevis Singer and Jewish folk tales with his loose, watercolor style and a dark, violent, but ultimately humanistic story of the itinerant klezmer musicians who performed at celebrations, festivals and cabarets. Fresh from a panel discussion at the 92nd Street Y, Sfar will use the more intimate setting of the McNally Robinson teahouse to answer questions and create conversation about the themes of his work. Free and open to the public. Book signing to follow.

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They Called Me Mayer July: Painted Memories of a Jewish Childhood in Poland Before the Holocaust, the result of 40-year collaboration between Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, and her father, Mayer Kirshenblatt, has appeared!
www.mayerjuly.com

BOOK LAUNCH
JCC, San Francisco
Wednesday, September 5th
8:00 PM
Jewish Community Center, San Francisco
$8.00 JCC Member, $10 Public
www.jccsf.org/content_main.aspx?catid=19#1815

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EXHIBITION OPENING
September 9th
11:30-2:00 Members Only Preview Event
2:00-4:00 Open to the public: Conversation with Mayer Kirshenblatt and Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett
2911 Russell Street, Berkeley, CA 94705
Contact: Lauren Karas 510-549-6950 ext. 340.
The exhibition will run through January 13, 2008. It is open to the public Sun-Wed 11-4, Th 11-8.
www.magnes.org
They Called Me Mayer July is being co-presented at the MAGNES with The Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco and the Holocaust Center of Northern California. This project has been made possible through a grant from the Taube Foundation for Jewish Life and Culture and the generosity of Jean and Sandy Colen, Varda and Irving Rabin, and Katie and Amnon Rodan.

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If you are a fan of Michael Wex (which is to say, if you have ever met him, heard him speak, or read his previous best-seller), and you live in Toronto, you will be quite pleased to know that the new book, Just say nu is out. It's available at Pages and fine bookstores everywhere. The launch party is going to be this coming Monday night at one of Queen St.'s great reformed hotels (unless you were one of the indigent people who could afford the SRO that it used to be), the Gladstone, 7:30-10:30pm. It's FREE.

The reading is sponsored by Pages—it's part of their "This is not a reading" series which presents writers and artists with new books. Even if you don't want the book, don't want the autograph, it's still worth showing up because Wex is so damn funny.

Why is Wex so funny? I blame it on Alberta, or at least the Calgary Hebrew Day School, which we both attended (me for just a few early years, insufficient for an adequate humor education, in the early 1960s). [ari]

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If you are a fan of Michael Wex (which is to say, if you have ever met him, heard him speak, or read his previous best-seller), and you live in San Francisco, you will be quite pleased to know that the new book, Just say nu is out.

Today, he appears at the San Francisco Jewish BookFest
2pm

Why is Wex so funny? I blame it on Alberta, or at least the Calgary Hebrew Day School, which we both attended (me for just a few early years, insufficient for an adequate humor education, in the early 1960s). [ari]

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If you are a fan of Michael Wex (which is to say, if you have ever met him, heard him speak, or read his previous best-seller), and you live in Toronto, you will be quite pleased to know that the new book, Just say nu is out.

November 7 - Toronto Jewish book fair

Why is Wex so funny? I blame it on Alberta, or at least the Calgary Hebrew Day School, which we both attended (me for just a few early years, insufficient for an adequate humor education, in the early 1960s). [ari]

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If you are a fan of Michael Wex (which is to say, if you have ever met him, heard him speak, or read his previous best-seller), and you live in Toronto, you will be quite pleased to know that the new book, Just say nu is out.

November 8 - St. Louis Jewish book fair

Why is Wex so funny? I blame it on Alberta, or at least the Calgary Hebrew Day School, which we both attended (me for just a few early years, insufficient for an adequate humor education, in the early 1960s). [ari]

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Sunday, November 11, 4 PM

Join us for a
Special Boston Jewish Book Fair Event Celebrating the Publication of
"Yiddish Folksongs from the Ruth Rubin Archive"

Featuring live music by the Klezmer Conservatory Band's Hankus Netsky and vocalist Judy Bressler, the screening of Cindy Marshall's award winning short documentary, "A Life of Song: A Portrait of Ruth Rubin" and remarks by editor Mark Slobin

Ticket information: (617)-965-5226
www.lsjcc.org
tickets online

Continue reading ""Yiddish Folksongs from the Ruth Rubin Archive," Newton, MA, Nov 11, 2007" »

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If you are a fan of Michael Wex (which is to say, if you have ever met him, heard him speak, or read his previous best-seller), and you live in Houston, you will be quite pleased to know that the new book, Just say nu is out.

November 11 - Houston Jewish book and arts fair

Why is Wex so funny? I blame it on Alberta, or at least the Calgary Hebrew Day School, which we both attended (me for just a few early years, insufficient for an adequate humor education, in the early 1960s). [ari]

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Wednesday, November 14, 6:30 pm

New York Book Launch

They Called Me Mayer July: Painted Memories of a Jewish Childhood in Poland Before the Holocaust

This is a free event

The galleries will close at 5:45 pm
The Cooper Shop will stay open late

Self-taught artist Mayer Kirshenblatt and his daughter, noted NYU Professor and scholar of Jewish culture Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, celebrate the publication of this remarkable record of Jewish life in a Polish town before World War II. They Called Me Mayer July: Painted Memories of a Jewish Childhood in Poland Before the Holocaust, presents Kirshenblatt's childhood impressions, his lively paintings, and a marvelous narrative created from nearly 40 years of father-daughter interviews. more

An exhibition of Kirshenblatt's work is opening at the Museum in May 2008.

The Jewish Museum
1109 Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street, NYC
www.thejewishmuseum.org
212.423.3200

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Metropolitan Klezmer
Thursday, November 15th
The Voracious Reader book shop, Larchmont NY
Metropolitan Klezmer special quintet lineup,
7pm til 9pm: playing before & after the reading/signing for Ellen Kushner's new GOLDEN DREYDL book at this lovely new store:
The Voracious Reader
"... for young people with an appetite for books"
1997 Palmer Avenue (near the movie theater)
Larchmont NY
Info: (914) 630-4581 or thevoraciousreader.com

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If you are a fan of Michael Wex (which is to say, if you have ever met him, heard him speak, or read his previous best-seller), and you live in Toronto, you will be quite pleased to know that the new book, Just say nu is out.

November 28 - Bayview Library, Toronto (6.30pm)

Why is Wex so funny? I blame it on Alberta, or at least the Calgary Hebrew Day School, which we both attended (me for just a few early years, insufficient for an adequate humor education, in the early 1960s). [ari]

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If you are a fan of Michael Wex (which is to say, if you have ever met him, heard him speak, or read his previous best-seller), and you live in Toronto, you will be quite pleased to know that the new book, Just say nu is out.

November 29 - Barbara Frum library, Toronto (6.30pm)

Why is Wex so funny? I blame it on Alberta, or at least the Calgary Hebrew Day School, which we both attended (me for just a few early years, insufficient for an adequate humor education, in the early 1960s). [ari]

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If you are a fan of Michael Wex (which is to say, if you have ever met him, heard him speak, or read his previous best-seller), and you live in New York, you will be quite pleased to know that the new book, Just say nu is out.

December 2 - Museum of Jewish Heritage, NY

Why is Wex so funny? I blame it on Alberta, or at least the Calgary Hebrew Day School, which we both attended (me for just a few early years, insufficient for an adequate humor education, in the early 1960s). [ari]

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Book Launch of "Letters from Europe (and Elsewhere)"

Official book launch during Krakow Jewish Culture Festival
Monday, June 30, 2008
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Klezmer Hois
Szeroka Street
Kraków, Poland

For those of you attending the upcoming Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow, come to the official launch of my new book "Letters from Europe (and Elsewhere)". OK, it came out already in Feb, but better late than never with the launch...

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Monday 11 August

8:15 – 8:45pm: Book Launch of Ilana Cravitz's Klezmer, A How-To Guide (Oxford University Press)

8:45 – 10:30pm: Remembering Michael - An evening of Jamming and Dancing to some of Michael Kahan's favourite tunes. Music led by Ros Hawley and Ilana Cravitz with dancing led by Andreas Schmitges and Steve Weintraub

Stern Hall
£5 payable on door

Call 020 7898 4307 for more info

West London Synagogue
33 Seymour Place
London W1H 6AT
Nearest tube: Marble Arch

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December 18, 2008
5:00pm to 6:15pm:

Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi concert and presentation of Yale Strom's NEW BOOK FOR KIDS! ('The Wedding That Saved A Town', Kar-Ben) at Cong. Bnai Jeshurun, 88th Street between Broadway and WEA, New York (212) 787-7600
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Book launch at the Spiro Ark:

Michael Alpert will be talking about Elia Karmona's novel, La Muzher Onesta (1924), which he translated from Ladino into English under the title of 'The Chaste Wife'. The evening will also include Hilary Pomeroy’s talk about women and marriage in Ladino ballads and some songs with Monica Acosta.

Tuesday 17th November

Spiro Ark Centre Spiro Ark
25-26 Enford Street
London
W1H 1DW

Transport:

Tube

7:30 p.m.

Contact: 020 7723 9991

Price: £12 / £10

Website:

http://www.spiroark.org/

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March 20th at 2pm: Enjoy music and dance from around the world. Yale Strom will talk about his new book and play traditional Klezmer (Eastern European) music. All ages. Sunnyside Library,
4375 Bonita Road Bonita, CA 91902 (619) 475-4642

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Jewish Life through the Prism of Dance
An Interactive Workshop with
Judith Brin Ingber
Wednesday, August 31
7:30 p.m.
Hevereh in Great Barrington, MA

"Using dance as a lens to look at Judaism is something fresh. That's what I do in "Seeing Israeli and Jewish Dance". Judith Brin Ingber will talk, share some rarely seen before photos from her book, and also read selections from her book. In addition to the talk, Judith invites the audience to get up and dance. All ages will enjoy the easy dancing which focuses on our rich Ashenazic and Sephardic wedding traditions.

"Seeing Israeli and Jewish Dance" will be on sale and available for signing following this event.

Donation: $10 members/$12 non-members

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Thursday, September 15 @ 7pm
Birchbark Books and Kenwood Cafe 2115 West 21st St, Mpls, MN 55405, 612-374-4023:
In "Seeing Israeli and Jewish Dance", choreographer, dancer, and dance scholar Judith Brin Ingber collects wide-ranging essays and many remarkable photographs to explore the evolution of Jewish dance through two thousand years of Diaspora, in communities of amazing variety and amid changing traditions. Join Judith at the cafe from 6-7pm for a simple supper for $9.95. More about Judith and the reading. http://www.facebook.com
birchbarkbooks.com

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Michael Wex will launch his new book, Rhapsody in Schmaltz

Sunday, Aug 28, 2pm
Jewish Public Library,
5151 Côte Ste-Catherine Road,
Montreal, QC, Canada.

Admission: $10 for members and students, $15 for non-members.
For tickets and information call 514-345-6416 or visit www.jewishpubliclibrary.org.

A study of Ashkenazi food that does for Yiddish food what Wex’s book Born to Kvetch did for Yiddish speech, Rhapsody in Schmaltz traces the history and social impact of the cuisine that Yiddish-speaking Jews from Central and Eastern Europe brought to the U.S. and that their American descendants developed and refined. The book looks at how and where these dishes came to be, how they varied from region to region, the role they played in Jewish culture in Europe, and the role that they play in Jewish and more general American culture and foodways today. It traces the pathways of Jewish food from the Bible and Talmud, to Eastern Europe, to its popular landing pads in North America today. With an eye for detail and a healthy dose of humor, Michael Wex also examines how these impact modern culture, from temple to television.

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Michael Wex will launch his new book, Rhapsody in Schmaltz

Sunday, Aug 28, 2pm
Jewish Public Library,
5151 Côte Ste-Catherine Road,
Montreal, QC, Canada.

Admission: $10 for members and students, $15 for non-members.
For tickets and information call 514-345-6416 or visit www.jewishpubliclibrary.org.

A study of Ashkenazi food that does for Yiddish food what Wex’s book Born to Kvetch did for Yiddish speech, Rhapsody in Schmaltz traces the history and social impact of the cuisine that Yiddish-speaking Jews from Central and Eastern Europe brought to the U.S. and that their American descendants developed and refined. The book looks at how and where these dishes came to be, how they varied from region to region, the role they played in Jewish culture in Europe, and the role that they play in Jewish and more general American culture and foodways today. It traces the pathways of Jewish food from the Bible and Talmud, to Eastern Europe, to its popular landing pads in North America today. With an eye for detail and a healthy dose of humor, Michael Wex also examines how these impact modern culture, from temple to television.

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League for Yiddish Dictionary Publication Party

Sunday, November 13th at 6 P.M. at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, 15 W. 16th St. Manhattan, NY.

PROGRAM
Main Speaker: Sholem (Solon) Beinfeld, editor-in-chief of the Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary

Panel: Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath, Paul Glasser, editors-in-chief and Chava Lapin, associate editor of the Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary; Leyzer Burko - moderator

Musical Program: Lorin Sklamberg

טײַערע פֿרײַנד,י
מיר ווילן אײַך לאָזן וויסן וועגן אַ יום־טובֿדיקער פּראָגראַם וואָס מיר פּלאַנירן צו פּראַווען דעם אַרויסקום פֿון אונדזער נײַ

אַרומנעמיק ענגליש־ייִדיש־ווערטערבוך
פֿאַרלאַג בײַם אינדיאַנער אוניווערסיטעט
בשותּפֿות מיט דער ייִדיש־ליגע

זונטיק, דעם 13טן נאָוועמבער 2016 זעקס אַ זייגער אין אָוונט אין בנין פֿון ייִוואָ - ייִדישן וויסנשאַפֿטלעכן אינסטיטוט, 15 וועסט 16טע גאַס, מאַנהעטן, ניו־יאָרק.

די פּראָגראַם:
הויפּטרעדנער: שלום ביינפֿעלד, שעף־רעדאַקטאָר פֿון דעם אַרומנעמיק ייִדיש־ענגליש ווערטערבוך

פּאַנעל:
גיטל שעכטער־ווישוואַנאַט און הערשל גלעזער, שעף־רעדאַקטאָרן און חוה לאַפּין, אַסאָציִיִרטער רעדאַקטאָר פֿון דעם אַרומנעמיק ענגליש־ייִדיש ־ווערטערבוך; לייזער בורקאָ, פֿאָרזיצער

קינסטלערישע פּראָגראַם:
לאָרין סקלאַמבערג

מיר ווינטשן אַלע אונדזערע לייענערס און פֿרײַנד
אַ זיס, גליקלעך נײַ יאָר.

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