TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28
Chuck Newman - Adult Show and Tell at 11:00 am at the JCC Sponsor: Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor
Join us! Bring an object or photo pertaining to some aspect of Yiddish culture or about individuals who grew up speaking Yiddish and tell the story of the object or photo. The community is also encouraged to come and enjoy the stories. Cost: No Charge. No registration needed.
Yiddishn Tam (Jewish Taste) Lunch at noon at the JCC Sponsor: Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor Cost: $8 per person. Please call 734-971-0990 to register.
Yiddish Readers Circle – Vos iz dos? Noon at the JCC Sponsor: Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor
A special program featuring the reading of a short story by Sholem Aleichem (with English translation and transliteration) followed by a Yiddish sing-a-long and interactive Yiddish-themed activities. The program aims to appeal to all ages and to all levels of Yiddish knowledge. This will be a real mekhaye! Cost: No Charge. No registration needed.
Film: Grine Felder (Green Fields) 7 pm at the JCC with Special Guest Speaker Maya Barzilai Sponsor: Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor
Maya Barzilai is Assistant Professor of Modern Hebrew and Jewish Culture for the UM Near Eastern Studies Department and the Frankel Center. She received her PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of California – Berkeley. Cost: $5 per person. Please call 734-971-0990 to register.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29
Film: “The Last Klezmer: The Life and Music of Leopold Kozlowski” with Special Guest Speaker: the Filmmaker, Yale Strom Sponsor: Frankel Center for Judaic Studies at 7 pm at UMMA Stern Auditorium, 515 S State Street, Ann Arbor
Yale Strom is a Director, Composer, Musician, Writer and Photographer who has directed eight award-winning documentary films and has composed music for countless others. He was the first documentary filmmaker in history to be given his own run at Lincoln Center’s prestigious Walter Reade Theatre, where “The Last Klezmer” broke previous box office records. “The Last Klezmer” was short-listed for an Academy Award. Cost: Free. No registration required.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30
Lunch: Tasty Traditional Fare – Ess Gezunterhait! Noon at the JCC Sponsor: Jewish Community Center of Greater Cost: $8 per person. Please call 734-971-0990 to register.
Chaverim B’Shirim Concert – Excerpts from Itzik Manger’s Di Megile 12:30 pm at the JCC Sponsor: Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor Cost: No charge. No registration needed.
Film: “Yidl Mitn Fidl” with Special Guest Speaker Jeff Veidlinger 7 pm at the JCC Sponsor: Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor
Jeffrey Veidlinger is the Joseph Brodsky Collegiate Professor of History and Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan. He is an expert in modern Russian and Eastern European Jewish history and was named a “Top Young Historian” by the History News Network in 2006. He received his PhD from Georgetown University. Cost: $5 per person. Please call 734- 971-0990 to register.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31
Eastern European Shabbat Dinner by Chef Cari Kosher Catering 7 pm at BIC Sponsor: Beth Israel Congregation Cost: $18.00 per person for dinner. Please call 734- 665-9897 to register. Please Note: You must pay and RSVP in advance.
Special Guest Speaker: Samuel Norich – Yiddish ‘With A Complete Faith’ at 8:15 pm at BIC Sponsor: Beth Israel Congregation
Samuel Norich is the publisher of the Yiddish Forverts and the English Forward newspapers, and has served as chief executive of The Forward Association since 1997. He is the author of “What Will Bind Us Now: A Report on the Institutional Ties between Israel and American Jewry.” He was the Executive Director of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research from 1980 to 1992. He was educated at Columbia, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Cost: Free. No registration required.
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 1
Shabbat Morning Services Presentation by Special Guest Speaker Anita Norich – Yiddish Literature and the Week’s Parsha at 9:30 am at BIC Sponsor: Beth Israel Congregation
Anita Norich is the Tikva Frymer-Kensky Collegiate Professor of English Language and Literature and of Judaic Studies at the U of M. She earned her Ph.D. in Victorian literature from Columbia University and studied Yiddish literature at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in New York and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
Maxwell Street Klezmer Band with opening act Detroit’s Kidz Klez at 6:45 pm Sponsor: Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor with Co-Sponsors Ann Arbor Reconstructionist Congregation and Eastern Michigan University Jewish Studies
Bring your friends and family to this leybedike lollapalooza-music, dancing and a great time!
6:45 – Doors Open; Concert and Dance Party begins at 7:30 pm Location: Eastern Michigan University, Student Center, Main Ballroom Cost: $18 per adult, kids are FREE and $5 per student. Please visit http://www.jewishannarbor.org to purchase tickets.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2
Klezmer Musician Workshop 10 am at JCC Sponsor: Ann Arbor Reconstructionist Congregation
Maxwell Street’s clarinetist, violinist and pianist will lead a master class to teach musicians of all levels how to play in the klezmer style. The musicians will receive band arrangements and coaching. By the end of the workshop, the musicians will play together as an orchestra!
All musicians are welcome, but participants should be able to read music and play their instrument at an intermediate or advanced level.
When registering, please include your type of instrument. Maxwell Street will be providing sheet music. Please register at www.aarecon.org
Kugel Cookoff and Dinner 5:30 pm at TBE Social Hall Sponsor: Temple Beth Emeth
Come to a fun Kugel Contest and Dinner! Each contestant will bring in a kugel- 9x13” or larger to be shared at our dinner. Diners will also be voters and there will be prizes. Salads, vegetables, drinks and entertainment also!
You don’t have to be a contestant to attend. To register for the contest, contact Hillary Handwerger at 734-662-0154. Cost: $18 per person, $12 per child 12 and under. Register at http://bit.ly/1zncumY Please note, you must RSVP by October 30 and pay in advance.