• First Friday Art Walk

    Yiddishland California 1128 Wall St., La Jolla, CA, United States

    Friday May 6 Yiddishland is participating in La Jolla’s monthly art walk and will have a variety of artwork available for purchase. Join us for drinks, snacks, Yiddish entertainment, and the opportunity to see wonderful, original artwork. This month’s theme will be Fiesta! To register:http://yiddishlandcalifornia.org/walk/

    Free
  • Mother’s Day at Yiddishland

    Yiddishland California 1128 Wall St., La Jolla, CA, United States

    We are inviting you to spend Mother’s Day at Yiddishland! Our CEO, Jana Mazurkiewicz Meisarosh will be giving a tour of the Yiddishland exhibit. Tea, coffee, wine and cookies will be served. The capacity is limited to 22. Cost: Early Bird price is $20 per person, regular admission (after may 6) is $25 – Refreshments are […]

    $25
  • Mother’s Day Concert with Mazel

    Zoom

    Come join us for some of your, your mother’s, and your bube’s favorite music reimagined! Mazel is the pandemic product of a wonderful collaborative venture between two legendary jazz musicians and a cantor from New York. A collection of Yiddish and Yiddish-composed (English lyric) classics, Mazel seeks to re-interpret these evocative works through Jazz, Latin, […]

    $18
  • Yiddish for Kids at Yiddishland California

    Yiddishland California and Zoom

    Mondays, starting on May 9, 2022 6 sessions in total Let’s teach a bisele Yiddish to our little ones. In this session we will learn basic Yiddish expressions and make the parents kvel! Where: In-person at Yiddishland California, or online, the class will be broadcast on Zoom too! Cost: $20 per kid, $15 for Zoom participation, $120 […]

    $120
  • Yiddish Love and Erotic Vocabulary Event

    Yiddishland California and Zoom

    Enjoy learning Yiddish Love and Erotic Vocabulary! This hybrid class will bring you nakhes and help you expand your vocabulary! Learn Yiddish, drink wine, and make new friends at Yiddishland and online. This class is part of the Yiddish in Transliteration course. It can be taken as part of the course or separately. Where: Yiddishland California, the class […]

    $30
  • Tsvelf far Ukraine: A 12-hour Yiddish Music and Spoken Word Concert

    Zoom

    Building on the success of Yiddish New York’s 2021 Klezathon, Tsvelf is a 12-hr Yiddish Music and Spoken Word Concert held via Zoom featuring artists from around the world. The concert will feature klezmer, Yiddish song, poetry, and more, in an effort to raise funds for humanitarian aid in Ukraine. All funds raised will go […]

  • Lag B’Omer and Esther’s 5th Birthday Potluck

    La Jolla Shores Beach

    Join our Lag B’omer celebration combined with Esther Meisarosh’s 5th birthday party! We will celebrate with a bonfire at La Jolla Shores by tower number 30. We will have some beverages, traditional potatoes for roasting, and some other bites, but this is a potluck celebration, so bring something to share. Where: La Jolla Shores Beach, at […]

    Free
  • Niki Jacobs Performance at JFEST Media Sponsored Event

    The Lyceum Theater, 79 Horton Plaza, San Diego, CA 92101

    Niki Jacobs Performance at JFEST This performance features The Ballad of Mauthausen, one of the most gorgeous pieces ever written about the Second World War. It is a collaboration between the Greek poet Iakovos Kambanellis, who was a survivor of Kamp Mauthausen, and Mikis Theodorakis, the famous Greek composer banned for his activism against social […]

    $9
  • Water Element Yoga in Yiddish

    Zoom

    Water Element Yoga in Yiddish with Tanya Yakovleva online session Sunday, May 29 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. PST After this yoga class instructed in Yiddish with English translation, we will feel fluid, flexible, and calm. This vinyasa yoga class invites you to build strength in softness, flexibility & mobility. The slow and gentle nature of […]

    $15
  • “The Dancing Room”: Excerpts and a Conversation with the Artists

    TBA

    Playwright/Actor/Dancer Yehuda Hyman’s new solo show, The Dancing Room is a theatre/dance performance weaving Jewish mysticism and memoir to illuminate the transcendent power of dance through a Jewish lens. The Dancing Room is directed by Obie-Award winning artist, Michael Leibluft. Yehuda weaves Hasidic dance steps his Polish father taught him, a tale about his teenage […]

    $25
  • Yiddish Shmueskrayz

    Yiddishland California and Zoom

    Join us to practice your Yiddish and have a good time getting to know fellow Yiddish speakers! We will speak in mame-loshn about diverse topics, including conversation both as a group and in smaller cohorts. We will also try to solve a couple of riddles and learn some Yiddish expressions and sayings to enrich your repertoire. The […]

    $10
  • Yiddish Culture in Mexico

    Yiddishland California and Zoom

    Did you know that Yiddish was taught in Mexican schools into the 21st century? In this 50 min session, we will explore diverse aspects of the rich history of Yiddish culture in Mexico. We will get to read, in English, some amazing Yiddish poems, and we will learn a couple of interesting sayings. The session […]