Songs of The Jewish Ukrainian Heartland
2023-03-19 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | residential venue, Scripps Ranch, San Diego, United States
As war rages on in one of the main homelands of Yiddish culture, we join together to sing the songs and tell the stories of our shared homeland. Songs of forbidden loves, boy soldiers, the wonders of nature and looming dangers, these songs of the last centuries have sadly never been less relevant. Ukraine was also the source of our most important collections of old time klezmer tunes. In this program three of the world’s most in-demand Klezmer musicians bring together this diverse repertoire to paint a picture of Jewish life in Ukraine and stand in solidarity with our friends fighting for their freedom.
Michael Alpert is one of the most well known living Yiddish culture bearers, having been involved in the revitalization of Yiddish music and dance on both coasts of the US and abroad since its inception in the late 70’s. Known for his work with bands such as Kapelye, Brave Old World, Itzhak Perlman and more, the 2015 recipient of the Nation Heritage Award is joined by two of the driving forces in the thriving Berlin klezmer scene – celebrated Latvian singer Sasha Lurje and violinist, composer and arranger Craig Judelman.
After teaching and performing together at klezmer festivals and workshops around the world, from Israel to Sao Paulo, Krakow, Montreal, New York and everywhere in between, these artists launched this new trio in 2020. Sadly after playing only 2 concerts, Covid got in the way. Now they join together in the midst of another tragedy, embarking on a rare west coast tour to raise money and stand in solidarity with their friends and loved ones under the clouds of war.
We would like to thank the UCSD Jewish Studies Program for generously co-sponsoring this event.

Learn Yiddish through Songs with Jana Mazurkiewicz Meisarosh
2023-03-20 18:30 - 19:30 | Yiddishland California and Zoom
Learn some well-known and some lesser-known Yiddish tunes with local Yiddishist Jana Mazurkiewicz Meisarosh. Discover the rich Yiddish history behind various theater songs, folk songs, tavern songs, lullabies, and other songs. Imagine a night in a shtetl, learning, analyzing, singing, and schmoozing with friends — and a glass of wine in hand.
When:
On Mondays, on Jan 23, Jan 30, Feb 13, Feb 27, March 13, and March 20
6:30-7:30 p.m. PT
8:30-9:30 p.m. CT
9:30-10:30 p.m. ET
Where:
At Yiddishland CA, 1128 Wall Street, La Jolla, CA, 92037, and online via Zoom
Tuition:

$30 per session or $150 for 6 classes
Early Bird: $25 per session or $130 for 6 classes
Online classes on Zoom: $25 per session or $145 for 6 classes
Early Bird on Zoom: $20 per session or $125 for 6 classes

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April First Friday Art Walk in La Jolla – Peysakh
2023-04-07 04:00 - 19:00 | Yiddishland California, 1128 Wall St., La Jolla, CA, 92037, United States
We will be participating in La Jolla’s monthly art walk and will have a variety of artwork and Judaica available for purchase. The topic of the Art Walk at our gallery will be Purim. Join us for drinks, snacks, entertainment, and the opportunity to see wonderful, original artwork. A free parking pass registration form will be sent to guests who register before 10 a.m. on Friday, April 7.

First Friday Art Walk “An Unorthodox Unboxing”
2023-07-07 16:00 - 19:00 | Yiddishland California, 1128 Wall St, La Jolla, CA, 92037, United States
We will be participating in La Jolla’s monthly art walk and will have a variety of artwork and Judaica available for purchase. The topic of the Art Walk at our gallery will be “an unorthodox unboxing”. Join us for drinks, snacks, entertainment, and the opportunity to see wonderful, original artwork. A free parking pass registration form will be sent to guests who register before 10 a.m. on Friday, July 7.

YAAANA and Yiddishland Supporter Appreciation Event – Live Klezmer Music by Yale Strom and Elizabeth Schwartz
2023-07-09 16:00
Save the Date for our special supporter appreciation event.

Strength, Flexibility and Yiddish Energy Yoga in Yiddish (with English Translation)
2023-08-27 08:00 - 09:00 | Zoom
Save the Date for our Energy Yoga in Yiddish

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Go Light, Go Easy!
2023-08-27 10:00 - 11:30 | Zoom
Save the Date for our Yiddish Beginner Course with Avi Fried!

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“Schlepping and Schmoozing along The Interestate 5” – A book talk by Donald H. Harrison
2023-08-27 16:00
Save the Date for our interesting book talk by Donald H. Harrison.

Yiddish Grammar Workshops with Katerina Kuznetsova
2023-09-09 09:00 - 10:00 | Zoom
Save the Date for Yiddish Grammar Workshops with Katerina Kuznetsova

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Movie Screening of “The Yidishe Gauchos”– A film by Mark Freeman
2023-09-09 20:00
Save the Date for our movie screening “The Yidishe Gauchos” by Mark Freeman.

Dos, di, der: Workshop on Yiddish Nouns
2023-10-07 09:00 - 2023-10-08 10:00 | Zoom
In this two-part workshop, we will cover all the essential topics regarding Yiddish nouns. You will get a clear picture of how they behave and why. We will dig into theory and see how it helps us in practice.

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“Letters to My Father” – A book talk by Kathleen A. Balgley
2023-10-07 19:30
Save the date for an interesting book talk “Letters to My Father” by Kathleen A. Balgley.

Conversational Yiddish for Beginners
2023-10-12 18:00 - 19:30 | Yiddishland California, 1128 Wall St., La Jolla, CA, 92037, United States
Save the Date for Conversational Yiddish For Beginners with Jana Mazurkiewicz Meisarosh

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Seminar on Yiddish Prepositions
2023-10-15 09:00 - 10:00 | Zoom
All these oyf, bay, keyn, fun… So short but extremely important words that help us put the words in a phrase together. Prepositions usually have many meanings and can be used in different contexts. We will focus on the ones that are most of all confusing for English speakers, i.e. the ones that sound like English prepositions but have completely different meanings. Participants will be able to ask questions, and we will do a lot of exercises together!

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A Workshop on Yiddish Verbs
2023-10-21 09:00 - 2023-10-28 10:00 | Zoom
Verbs are probably the trickiest part of speech in Yiddish. Apart from three times, each of them having its own peculiarities, there are in/separable prefixes (arayngeyn – ikh gey arayn), participles (the ones that end with -dik but not just they), and such a unique thing as verb aspects.
When you know all the possibilities of the Yiddish verbs, you can significantly enrich your speaking and writing skills. This knowledge opens doors for a better understanding of classical Yiddish literature.
The workshop will help you organize all the information about the verbs. We will move from the basics to more complicated and advanced topics.

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A Workshop on Yiddish Adjectives
2023-10-29 09:00 - 10:00 | Zoom
This workshop is a continuation of the workshop on Yiddish nouns, but can be taken separately as well.
In this workshop, you will learn the declination of adjectives in different cases and genders, what is a basic form of an adjective and when to use it, what happens when you put an adjective after a noun, comparative and superlative adjectives.

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Yiddish Shmueskrayz with Tamara Gleason Freidberg
2023-11-02 11:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
Save the Date for our Yiddish Shmueskrayz with Tamara Gleason Freidberg

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A Workshop on Yiddish Syntax
2023-11-04 09:00 - 2023-11-05 10:00 | Zoom
In this intensive workshop on Yiddish syntax we will focus on the word order. The rule that every Yiddish student learns in the very beginning is that “a verb stands on the second place in a sentence.” But in practice there are more nuances to it. There are “zero words” that come first but do not count in the word order, there is an inversion in complex sentences, and idiomatic inversion. We will speak about the theory moving from simple to more advanced examples, and then practice with articles and texts from Yiddish literature.

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“Yiddish Tango ” – Annual fundraiser for YAAANA and Yiddishland
2023-11-04 19:00 - 21:00
Save the Date for our fundraiser, with the participation of our talented musicians Elizabeth Schwartz and Yale Strom.

Southern California Yiddish Summit
2023-11-12 11:00 - 21:00
Save the Date for a Summit of Yiddishists representing the West Coast! If you are interested in coming to the summit, please e-mail us at info@yiddishland.ca or call 858-220-2992.

Yiddishland Stronger Together Support Group
2023-11-20 18:30 - 20:30
Do you feel sadness, grief, anxiety, or a mix of emotions from the devastating effects of war? Let’s gather for community support, guided by a professional coach informed in trauma care. We don’t have to grapple with this by ourselves. This is the time to come together.

Yoga for Gratitude in Yiddish
2023-11-26 10:00 - 11:00
In this yoga class we will practice yoga and mindfulness that focuses on gratitude. Gratitude and yoga help detoxify the mind, body and connect to a larger reason for being.

Yiddish Yada Yada
2023-11-26 17:00 - 19:00
Join us at Yiddishland California, for “Yiddishland Yada Yada,” an evening of art exploration! Open to people of all ages and backgrounds, this event aims to foster dialogue and critique around the artworks inside the Yiddishland Gallery. Jana Mazurkiewicz Meisarosh will introduce the collection, Oleg Tsank – a Ukrainian Jewish artist living in San Diego, will give us his perspective on his artwork and its creative process and Preet Srivastava will offer a technical analysis. Then the participants can share their interpretations, opinions, and criteria for judging artwork.

“Schlepping and Schmoozing along The Interestate 5”
2023-12-02 20:00 - 22:00 | 1128 Wall St, La Jolla, CA 92037, 1128 Wall St, La Jolla, California, 92037
Save the date for a “Book Talk” by Donald H. Harrison, as he discusses his new book series. You don’t want to miss this one.

“Shloyml Boyml and his Lucky Dreydl” A Channukah book event by Yale Strom
2023-12-14 18:00 - 20:00 | 1128 Wall St, La Jolla, CA 92037, 1128 Wall St, La Jolla, California, 92037
Celebrate Chanukkah at Yiddishland with Yale Strom and his book reading of Shoyml Boyml and his Lucky Dreidl. Yale will talk about his career as a researcher, movie maker, and an author. He will then read excerpts of the book in English and a bisele af Yiddish, and in addition play some Chanukkah music. We will serve Purim nosh and drinks as well.

"Yiddishland Open House Farewell"
2023-12-22 05:00 - 20:00
Join Yiddishland’s Open House combined with a liquidation sale. Enjoy a nice, casual shabes gathering with live music, nosh, and drinks. Stay for the whole evening just stop by and say hi! Feel free to invite your friends, especially those who have not been to Yiddishland yet.

Our Last First Friday Art Walk
2024-01-05 16:00 - 19:00
Yiddishland Relocation Party. Now is the perfect time to treat yourself to exclusive savings on original art pieces. Join us for drinks, snacks and live music. Registration for a parking voucher will be sent to guests who register before 10 a.m. on Friday, January 5th.

Yiddishland Stronger Together Support Group
2024-01-08 18:30 - 20:30, 2024-01-15 18:30 - 20:30 | Downtown La Jolla
Do you feel sadness, grief, anxiety, or a mix of emotions from the devastating effects of war? Let’s gather for community support, guided by a professional coach informed in trauma care. We don’t have to grapple with this by ourselves. This is the time to come together.
Yiddishland Stronger Together Support Group

Beginners: Judeo-Spanish (Ladino) Letter
2024-01-09 12:00 - 13:00
During this course, students will develop the ability to read words, sentences, and simple texts in Judeo-Spanish (Ladino) written in the Rashi script, using the Hebrew alphabet. The Rashi script was the most common writing system used in Sephardic literature for a significant part of its history. The ability to read the Rashi script grants access to literary texts, newspapers, and other documents, contributing to the preservation of the language and culture, preventing them from extinction.
https://yiddishlandcalifornia.org/ladino/
