Jewish Community Center Yiddish Club

Historical Background of the IAYC

The FIRST ever conference of Yiddish clubs President Dr. Harold Black again co-chaired was in Washington, D.C., May 29-June 3, a conference. This time it was with Elaine 1993. It was hosted by the Yiddish of Greater Mann of Rockville JCC. Our SIXTH Washington. It gave rise to the thought that it conference was at the Headquarters of the could be an ongoing event. Delegates; Dr. International 4H in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Harold Black, Dr. Allan Blair & Fishl Kutner This took place September 14-17, 2000. were asked to look into another conference. Current President, Paul Melrood, chaired Toronto, Ontario Canada was a possibility the SEVENTH conference, as he brought the because of its very active Toronto Friends of IAYC to the Midwest for the first time. Yiddish Club with a vibrant Yiddish group. It was in the spring, from April 12-15, 2002, Bess and Barry Shockett o "h (editor of Dos and was held at the Park East Hotel in Bletl) and The Toronto Friends of Yiddish Milwaukee, Wisconsin near beautiful Lake accepted the challenge, and the SECOND Superior. conference made it an international group. It was in Toronto, October 7-10, 1994. IAYC Advisory Board member, Yiddish teacher, author and leader of Yiddish of An ad hoc committee was formed consisting Greater Baltimore, Sylvia Schildt, chaired of The Yiddish of Greater Washington; Der the EIGHTH conference in Baltimore, MD Bay, San Francisco Bay Area; Dos Bled, Sept. 4-7, 2003 at the Pikesville Hilton Hotel. Toronto; and the Circle of Yiddish Clubs, The exciting theme was Yiddish Teachers:

Florida to consult about future conference Heroes Then and Now. ~ venues. At the historic THIRD conference in Miami, FL, March 14, 1996, a more formal The IAYC again returned to the Midwest meeting of the delegates was held. Dr. June 2-5, 2005 for the second time. Now it Harold Black was appointed to head the was to Hiawatha Country, Minneapolis, committee to incorporate. David and Ruth MN, and near the headwaters of the mighty Barlas chaired this conference which still Mississippi River. Roz Baker and Michael holds the record of having the largest o"h reached the peak at the Double Tree attendance; 150 had to be turned away. Hotel. The NINTH conference will be hard to match because of its heymish atmosphere. A Board was elected with Dr. Harold Black as its Chair. The new name "International The TENTH conference theme, July 6-9, 2006, Association of Yiddish Clubs" (IAYC) was at the Marriott Hotel at Glenpointe, Teaneck, adopted, and the organization was NJ, was A Tribute to Yiddish. It was a great incorporated in the State of Maryland. spot, for it was only a half hour bus ride from The FOURTH conference was May 24-27, our hotel to the NYC Port Authority Bus 1997 at Trinity College in Fairfield, CT along Terminal at 42nd Street & Eighth Avenue, in with the W.C. Branch 105. Stephen Dowling, NYC. Chairman Samuel Kutner, with Gregg Ruvn Millman and Joanne Douglas chaired a and Stephanie Hudis as hosts, had the successful conference. assistance of their host club The Teaneck Jewish Community Center Yiddish Club. The FIFTH IAYC conference chaired by Mel Rogow, and his committee-especially Portia The ELEVENTH conference theme is A Flour Rose and Archie Barkan was held at the ish of Yiddish Culture. It is to be held August Conference Center of UCLA in Los Angeles, 3-6, 2007 with the leadership of co-chairs; CA, August 27-30, 1998. It established the Harold Ticktin, Annabelle Weiss and Marilyn IAYC with a board of 9. The 250 delegates Cagin at the Cleveland Marriott East Hotel. It gave it a strong endorsement, to work as an is timed so as to attend the 29th Annual international force for fostering Yiddish. Yiddish Concert in the Park at Cain Park.

2 Aims and Purposes of the IAYC

Vision Benefits of Belonging to IAYC

* To access leyenkrayzn, shmooz grupes, * To support Yiddish club conferences. To shtudir, choral, choirs, large or small clubs, take Yiddish out of isolation, unite, and give it classes from elementary, secondary, post a strong international voice. The IAYC secondary to adult and make them aware of conferences have been and will continue to be their rich heritage. a source of interaction for groups, from meeting like-minded people to hearing and * To become a clearinghouse for the creation meeting the best resource people, be they and distribution of Yiddish educational and writers, scholars, teachers, musicians, actors program materials. singers, or organizers.

* To encourage and initiate research of * To access and arrange touring groups, existing or new material - be it educational, speakers, singers, theatre groups etc., through music, art or literature and make it available currently existing newsletters or the electronic to the clubs. media.

* To encourage new writers by giving them a * To have Yiddish groups and organizations forum in our newsletters or local papers that benefit from such efforts. Cooperation is the has a Yiddish column. basis of success. Each type of activity adds greatly to the overall knowledge and interest * To encourage the formation of new groups of the Yiddish Community. in various formats wherever possible, be they large or small. * To join with other like-minded people all over in sharing the camaraderie, joy, pleasure, * To encourage groups to issue newsletters knowledge, ideas and support of a larger even if it is only once or twice a year. group activity. * To lobby Holocaust committees to include MISSION Yiddish poetry and songs in their memorial programs. * To provide a global perspective and * To encourage younger people to take network for Yiddish groups-be they large or classes, or form them, wherever available. To small. those who are already learning the language, * To exchange educational and cultural encourage them to explore their Ashkenazic materials produced by the clubs and by roots through history, music and literature associated organizations. the history and literature in translation, if necessary. * To experience a sense of unity while striving to keep our language, literature, and * To lobby all types of Jewish schools, be culture alive and into this new millennium. they Hebrew Day Schools, Hebrew Schools or Sunday schools, to include Yiddish classes As the sole international organization in their curriculum. fostering Yiddish clubs, the IAYC is in the forefront of extolling the benefits of our * To lobby universities to include Yiddish mame-loshn. Your participation is essential, courses in their Jewish Studies Program. for the greater the number of us participat They should include Yiddish language, ing in Yiddish activities the greater will be literature and eastern European history. pleasure and enjoyment.

3 Yiddish Groups: Members of the IAYC

Spain Madrid Yiddish Circle in Madrid Canada North York, ON Lomir Redn Yiddish Club Canada Toronto, ON Fraynd fun Yidish Canada Winnipeg, MB Shaare Zedek Yiddish Club Canada Winnipeg, MB Mame Loshen Group Canada Winnipeg, MB Womens Yiddish Reading Circle Arizona Phoenix Beth El Yiddish Club Arizona Phoenix Phoenix Leyenkrayz Arizona Scottsdale Cong. Kol Ami Yiddish Club Arizona Scottsdale Freileche Mentshn of Temple Solel Arizona Scottsdale Har Zion Yiddish Club Arizona Sun City West Madison Yiddish Club California Alameda Jewish Currents Discussion Group California Berkeley Berkeley/Richmond JCC Yiddish Club California Berkeley Joys of Yiddish Conv. Group California North Hills Valley Yiddish Culture Club of LA California Oak Park Haverim California Palm Desert L'Chayim Yiddish Culture Club California Palm Desert Temple Beth Shalom Yiddish Club California Palo Alto JCC Yiddish Club California Redondo Beach Temple Menorah Yiddish Club California Sacramento A. Einstein Sr Comm. Yiddish Club California San Diego Yiddish Circle: Lawrence Family JCC California San Diego Yiddishe Culturele Grupe California San Francisco Jewish Folk Chorus of San Francisco California San Rafael Keep Yiddish Alive California Walnut Creek Contra Costa JCC Yiddish Club Colorado Boulder Boulder Yiddish Vinkl Connecticut Southbury Heritage Village Yid. Reading Circle Connecticut Stratford Bridgeport JCC Yiddish Club Connecticut West Hartford Sophie Kellin Yiddish Literary Soc. Connecticut Woodbridge Yale-New Haven Yiddish Reading Cir. Florida Boynton Beach Palm Beach A.R. Leyen Krayz Florida Delray Palm Greens Yiddish Club Florida Gainesville Gainesville Yiddish Vinkl Florida Lake Worth Mameloshn Y.C. of Willow Bean Florida St Petersburg The Vinkl at the JCC Florida Sunrise Circle of Yiddish Clubs Florida Tamarac Kings Point Yiddish Club Florida West Palm Beach Marsha Love Yiddish Club Florida West Palm Beach Menke Katz Leyen-Krayz Florida West Palm Beach Yid. Culture Group of Century Vig Florida Boynton Beach Palm Shore Yiddish Club Georgia Atlanta Atlanta yidish libhobers Georgia Atlanta Renaissance Yiddish Club

4 Yiddish Groups: Members of the IAYC

Illinois Chicago Hallmark's Yiddish Group Illinois Chicago Secular Jewish Study Group/Chicago Illinois Flossmoor Shalom Over 50 JCC of Chicago Illinois Highland Park Yiddishe Frynt Illinois Oak Park MameLoshn Illinois Urbana Der Prairie Yiddish Illinois WChicago YIVO Indiana West Lafayette Yiddishe Kultur Klub Kentucky Lexington Yidish umbastoymt Kentucky Louisville Yiddish Tish Massachusetts Malden Salem Towers Yiddish Club Massachusetts Newton Centre Orchard Cove of Canton MA Massachusetts Worcester B.I.S.O.N. Maryland Chevy Chase Yiddish of Greater Washington Michigan Southfield Fraylikhe Freint Michigan West Bloomfield Kowalskiy Yiddish Vinkl Minnesota Minneapolis Minneapolis JCC Yiddish Vinkl North Carolina Charlotte Charlotte Yiddish Institute Nebraska Omaha Lomir redn yidish New Jersey Fair Lawn Khaverim far Yidish New Jersey Bayonne Yiddish Club of Bayonne New Jersey Monroe Township Clearbrook Yiddish Club New Jersey Teaneck Teaneck JCC Yiddish Club Nevada Las Vegas Yiddish Friendship Club Nevada Las Vegas Yiddish Vinkl of Las Vegas New York New York Betsale 1 Friedman Yid. Leyenkrayz New York Brooklyn Marsha Love Yiddish Club New York Eastchester Eastchester Yiddish Group New York New York Avrom Kahn Leyenkrayz New York New York Sholem Aleichem Club of PAS New York New York Vilde Khaye New York New York Friends of Yiddish New York Plandome Undzer Leyenkrayz of RSNS New York Somers Heritage Hills Yid. Conversation Grp. New York Syosset Yiddish Vinkl Mid Island YM-YWHA New York Tonawanda Mameloshn Mayvinim Ohio Cleveland Yiddish Cultural Committee of Cleveland Ohio Columbus Heritage House Vinkl Ohio Columbus Undzer Shprakh Ohio Shaker Heights Di Yiddish Groupe Oregon Eugene Yiddish Club of Eugene, Oregon Pennsylvania Wyncote Kum Red Yidish Texas Houston Houston Yiddish Vinkl Washington Seattle Seattle Yiddish Group Wisconsin Milwaukee Milwaukee Yiddish Club

5 International Association of Yiddish Clubs (IAYC)

International Association of Yiddish Clubs - Conferences I Univ. of MD H. Black, J. Sunshine & S. Verner May 29 - June 3, 1993 II Toronto, ON Bess Shackett October 7 -10, 1994 III Miami, FL Ruth & David Barlas March 1 - 4, 1996 IV Fairfield, CT J. Douglas, S. Dowling, R. Millman May 22 - 26, 1997 V UCLA, LA MelRogow August 27 - 30, 1998 VI Chevy Chase, MD Harold Black & Elaine Mann Sept. 14-17, 2000 VII Milwaukee, WI Paul Melrood April 12-15, 2002 VIII Baltimore, MD Sylvia Schildt Sept. 4-7, 2003 IX Minneapolis, MN Roz Baker June 2-5, 2005 X Teaneck, NJ Samuel Kutner July 6-9, 2006 XI Cleveland, OH H. Ticktin, M. Cagin, A. Weiss Aug. 3-6, 2007

International Association of Yiddish Clubs - Board of Directors Oscar Antel Winnipeg MB [email protected] Roz Baker Minneapolis MN Dr. Allan Blair Columbus OH [email protected] Cookie Blattman Tamarac FL [email protected] Morrie Feller Phoenix AZ [email protected] Prof. Rafoyel Finkel Lexington KY [email protected] Gerald Gerger (Treas.) West Bloomfield MI [email protected] Barbara Goldstein (Sec.) Houston TX [email protected] Troim Handler Cranbury NJ Troim®webtv .net Philip "Fishl" Kutner San Mateo CA [email protected] Paul Melrood (Pres.) Milwaukee WI [email protected] Cantor Hale Porter Los Angeles CA [email protected] Dr. Motl Rosenbush (V.P.) Kensington MD [email protected] Bess Shackett North York ON [email protected] Helen Smolkin Toronto ON [email protected] Lenora Zimmerman Skokie IL [email protected] Dr. Barney Zumoff Brooklyn NY [email protected]

International Association of Yiddish Clubs - Advisory Board United States World-Wide Zachary Baker CA A. Lichtenbaum Argentina Ruth Barlas FL David Kunigis Canada Debra Biasca co Prof. E. Orenstein Canada Shoshke-Rayzl Juni NY Prof. Y. Niborski France Aaron Lansky MA Bella Bryks-Klein Israel Marcia Levinsohn MD Leybl Botwinik Israel Lilke Majzner CA Dr. A. Nowersztern Israel Chana Mlotek NY Jack Halpern Japan Melvin Rogow CA Prof. Dovid Katz Lithuania Sylvia Schildt MD Frida G. de Cielak Mexico Iosif Vaisman VA Richard Carlow Spain

6 International Association of Yiddish Clubs Eleventh Conference Committee: Cleveland

Co-Chairs: Harold Ticktin Marilyn Cagin Annabelle Weiss Co-Treasurers: Simon Swirsky HarryCagin Secretary: Marilyn Cagin Registrar: Pauline Leber Correspondence: Florence Zinker Journal Book: Kristen McLaughlin Publicity: Ieda Warshay Marvin Warshay Media Contacts: Lila Rosentraub Grants: Ellen Ticktin Entertainment: Bert Stratton Programs: Fishl Kutner Coordinator: Sam Kutner Welcoming: Charlotte Price Newsletter: Harold Koppel Website: Tomasz Pado Scholarships: Hinda Saul Outreach: Diana Packer Arnold Reisman Deena Prigosin Davis Transportation: Sam Kutner Vendors: Fishl Kutner Tour: Pauline Leber Concert in the Park: Ieda and Marvin Warshay Committee Jack Saul members-at-large: Myra Swirsky Belle Savransky

IAYC Eleventh Conference Orientation Session

Friday, August 3, 2007, 2:00 p.m.

Philip Fishl Kutner: Editor, Der Bay

I Introductions: II Goals: Friendship/Fun Information/Ideas Sources/Speaking Hebrew/Help Leadership/Leaming III Registration Packet: Conference Journal Conference Badges IV Conference Layout: Grande Ballroom Lecture/Workshop Rooms Hospitality Room Vendors/Exhibitors V Hotel Facilities: Spa VI Program Schedule: Day Programs: Plenary Sessions: Grande Ballroom Breakout Sessions Shabes Services Evening Programs: Friday: Katz Family of Milwaukee Evening Saturday: The Workmen's Circle Gala Evening Sunday: Yiddish Concert in the Park at Cain Park VII Vendors/Exhibitors: Organizations, Commercial, Authors, Performers VIII Meals: Table Names Time for Sharing IX Daily Conference Newsletter: Updates Highlights

18 International Association of Yiddish Clubs Eleventh Conference • August 3 - 6, 2007

Friday, August 3, 2007 1:00 - 9:00 p.m. IA YC Conference Registration: Lobby 1:00 - Midnight: Hospitality Rooms (Akron & Canton) 1:00 - 8:00 p.m. Exhibitor & Vendor Tables: Atrium & Ballroom Hallway 2:00 - 3:15 p.m. IA YC Confemce Orientation Session • Philip Fishl Kutner: Editor of Der Bay 3:30- 5:00 p.m. People's Yiddish Stage • Cookie Blattman: My Favorite Yiddish Songs • Paul Melrood: Sunday Yiddish Radio Hour • Troim & Frank Handler: In Yiddish Humor • Hilda Rubin: Sketches from the Yiddish Stage • "Lil Rev": The Yiddish Folksinger 6:30 p.m. Katz Family of Milwaukee: Evening Sponsor Shabes Blessings - Grand Ballroom, Main Floor Dinner - Grand Ballroom, Main Floor Opening Ceremonies: Greetings & Introductions • Harold Ticktin: Conference Co-Chair • Paul Melrood: IAYC President • Philip Fishl Kutner: IAYC Board & Delegates 8:30 p.m. Evening Entertainment: Grand Ballroom, Main Floor • Reuben & Dorothy Silver Kum Lakh Mit Undz • Yiddishe Cup Klezmer Band Bert Stratton: Emcee, Bandleader & Clarinet Irwin Weinberger: Vocals & Guitar Alan Douglass: Vocals & Keyboards Steven Greenman: Violin Don Friedman: Drums Daniel Ducoff: Shtickmeister

19 Saturday Program - August 4, 2007

7:00 - 8:30 a.m. Yiddish/Hebrew Shabes Services 7:00 - 8:45 a.m. Continental Breakfast - Grand Ballroom, Main Floor

9:00 -10:15 a.m. Plenary- Session A

The 11th Lerner Fund Memorial Lecture: • Dr. Jonathan Sunshine: Introduction Yiddish of Greater Washington, President

• Dr. Motl Rosenbush: IAYC, Vice President Yiddish Was a Major Language of Europe

10:15 - 10:45 a.m. Intermission

10:45 a.m. -12:00 Noon Lectures/Workshops - Session I • Miriam Beckerman: Yiddish in Israel-Then and Now • Cookie Blattman: A Yidishe Shtunde • Hindi Diamond: How Isaac Bashevis Singer Made My Mother Cry • Sonia Pressman Fuentes: How Being an Immigrant Affected My Life • Harold Ticktin: Bolsheviks and Bundists

12:00 Noon - 1:30 p.m. Lunch - Grand Ballroom, Main Floor

1:30 - 2:45 p.m. Lectures/Workshops Session - II

• Adrienne Cooper: Naye Kveytn af an Altn Boym • Troim Katz Handler: The Songs of Mordecai Gebirtig • Marcia Gruss-Levinsohn: Yiddish Kids in Action • Bert Stratton: Mickey Katz From Cleveland • Annabelle Weiss: Born to Kvetch by Michael Wex-A Critique

20 2:45 - 3:15 p.m. Intermission

3:15 - 4:30 p.m. Lectures/Workshops Session - III

• Roz Baker: Programming for Yiddish Clubs-A Workshop • Frank Handler: Vladimir Medem: Non-Jewish Jew and Yiddishi~t • Debbie Herman: Using Yiddish Creatively

• Heather Klein: Cantors and Opera Singers from the Shtetl to La Scala • Frank Krasnowsky: Jewish History through Yiddish Music

6:00 p.m. Dinner - Grand Ballroom, Main Floor

The Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring Gala Evening

7:30 p.m. Scholarship Awards Presentation:

• Roz Baker: IAYC Scholarship Awards Chair

• Sabina Brukner, Sean Martin, "Lil Rev": Recipients 7:40 p.m. Second IAYC Lifetime Yiddish Achievement Award Presentation: • Annabelle Weiss: Introduction

• Simon Swirsky: Recipient 8:00 p.m. Peter Pepper: The Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring: President

8:15 p.m. A Besere Veit: Yiddish Songs for Our Times The Workmen's Circle National Troupe

• Zalmen Mlotek: Artistic Director of The National Yiddish Theater-Folksbiene, an authority on Yiddish folk and theater music and a leader in Jewish theatre and concert. • Adrienne Cooper: One of the most influential performers of Yiddish vocal music internationally and the Assistant Executive Director of the Workmen's Circle/Arbeter-Ring.

• Joanne Borts: Performer in The Golden Land and Fiddler on the Roof. She has sung at Carnegie, Lincoln Center, Merkin Hall, and Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. • Heather Klein: An up and coming performer in the national Yiddish song scene, a participant at KlezKanada, and a regular performer with Ensemble Vocalist.

21 Sunday Program - August 5, 2007

7:00 - 8:45 a.m. Continental Breakfast - Grand Ballroom, Main Floor

8:00 a.m. -5:00 p.m. Exhibitor & Vendor Tables 8:00 a.m. - Midnight Hospitality Rooms (Akron & Canton)

9:00 - 9:15 a.m. Introduction of IAYC Cleveland Conference Committee: Committee Co-chairs: Harold Ticktin, Marilyn Cagin, Annabelle Weiss

9:15 - 10:15 a.m. Plenary - Session B

Dr. Harold Black Memorial Lecture: • Pauline Leber: Introduction IAYC Conference Committee • Professor Kathryn Hellerstein: University of Pennsylvania The Poetry of Kadya Molodowsky 10:15 - 10:30 a.m. Intermission

10:30 -11:45 a.m. Lectures/Workshops Session - IV

• Rina Frankel: The 3 Great Classic Yiddish Writers: Their Similarities and Differences

• Ruth Goodman: Jewish Life in the Middle Ages • Rabbi Yossi Mazorov: Khap a shmues mit mayn kleynem yingl--Berel • Dr. Arnold Reisman: Turkey's Rescue of Jewish Intellectuals 1933-1945

• Hilda Rubin: Lomir Shpiln Teater: Di Khelemer Naronim

11:45 a.m. -1:00 p.m. Luncheon - Grand Ballroom, Main Floor

1:00 - 2:15 p.m. Lectures/Workshops Session - V • Vivian Felsen & Professor Yoshiji Hirose: Yidish in Yapan: A Slide Show

• Professor Raphael Finkel: Oysgeblozn fun finger: mir shafn a nay folkslid • Cantor Hale Porter: Yiddish Theater's Influence on Music & Culture in America

22 • Jack Saul: Jews in Vaudeville • Helen Smolkin: Learning Yiddish Through Music

2:15 - 2:30 p.m. Intermission

2:30 - 3:45 p.m. Lectures/Workshops Session - VI

• Sabina Brukner: Making Yiddish Relevant in Today's Jewish Life: The KlezKamp Experience

• Prof. Yoshiji Hirose: A Japanese Professor in Search of Yiddish, a "Meshugener"? ----The Symbolic Meaning of Yiddish in Pearl Abraham's Novels

• Sean Martin: The Jews of Krakow, Poland

• "Lil Rev": The History of Jewish Music

• Professor Sidney Rosenfeld: The Vilnius Yiddish Institute

3:45 - 4:30 p.m. Intermission

4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Dinner- Grand Ballroom, Main Floor

5:30 p.m. Board Buses to Cain Park

7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Concert in the Park: Cain Park, Cleveland Henry & Eugenia Green Endowment

Arbeter Ring Klezmer Orchestra in Concert

• Norman Tischler: Director • Lori Cahan-Simon: Vocalist • Martin Moskow: Vocalist

Yiddish Swingtet in Concert

• Greg Wall: Band Leader • Joanne Borts: Vocalist • Susan Watts: Vocalist

9:00 p.m. Board Buses for Return to Hotel

10:00 p.m. "After Glow" Party at the Marriott Cleveland East Hotel Cap off the evening with a delicious dessert and coffee or tea Shmuesing with Entertainers and Friends

23 Monday Program - August 6, 2007

7:00 - 8:45 a.m. Continental Breakfast - Grand Ballroom, Main Floor

8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Exhibitor & Vendor Tables

8:00 a.m. -12:00 Noon Hospitality Rooms (Akron & Canton)

9:00 - 9:15 a.m. Announcements

9:15 - 10:30 a.m. Plenary Session C

Friendship Circle of Cleveland Lecture: Rabbi Yossi Marozov: Greetings Friendship Circle of Cleveland, Executive Director

• Helen Smolkin: Introduction IAYC Board Member, Toronto

• Gerry Kane: The Canadian Committee for Yiddish, Past President Tsu gast baym zeyde mendele

10:30 - 10:45 a.rn. Intermission

10:45 a.m. -12:00 Noon Plenary Session D

The Henrietta Wexler Hour: • Ieda Warshay: Introduction IA YC Conference Committee

• Cantor Kathryn Sebo: Cantor, Temple Tifereth Israel Yiddish, Broadway and Beyond

12:00 Noon - 1:00 p.m. Luncheon - Grand Ballroom, Main Floor

1:00 - 1:30 p.m. Closing Ceremonies Introduction of IAYC Officers 2007-2008 Announcement of the Twelfth IA YC Conference Location Introduction of the Twelfth IA YC Conference Chair

1:45 p.m. Board Lolly Trolley for Tour (Post Conference)

2:00 - 5:00 p.m. Lolly Trolley Tour

Lolly the Trolley tour will include a visit to: The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, a tour of The Cleveland Jewish Community, renowned University Circle and the famous Rock Hall of Fame and more!

Milton and Moshe Katz Families 200 N. Jefferson Street Milwaukee WI 53202

We are proud to lend our support

to this year's opening night session

of the IAYC Conference.

We would like to bestow the

Sponsorship honor to your

IAYC President, Paul Melrood,

who has dedicated his life

toward preserving and sustaining

our beloved Mame-loshn.

"Lang lebn zol Yiddish!"

Always,

Milt and Moshe Katz Families, Milwaukee, Tucson and Tel Aviv

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We wish a mazel-tov to Simon Swirsky, our friend and adviser.

From our Yiddish Reading Circle

Di Cleveland Yiddish Grupe NiliAdler Charlotte Price Bob Brooks Rhoda Robuck Deena Davis Belle Savransky Toby Helfand Belva Singer Pauline Leber Annabelle Weiss Diane Packer Florence Zinker

27 l The Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring Ohio District

Honors our Dear Friend Simon Swirsky

Recipient of The IAYC Yiddish Lifetime Achievement Award for all his efforts to promote and preserve Yiddish through the Yiddish Vinkl Club, the Yiddish Concert in the Park Committee, and the Workmen's Circle! ME,V,

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30 WELCOME to Cleveland!

The Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland warmly salutes the 11th Conference of the International Association of Yiddish Clubs.

Keeping Yiddish, the universal language of Jews, alive and well for generations.

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