Join us for a weekly schmooze to learn about YI Love Jewish, watch films and play readings, have important discussions, and meet new people.Intro to YI and what you should expect during this series. Engage in a discussion aboutthe cultural richness of Jews and how it has shaped many parts of everyone's day today life. Each week begins with refreshments.
Join us for a weekly schmooze to learn about YI Love Jewish, watch films and play readings, have important discussions, and meet new people.Avi Hoffman, presents a celebration of ‘Yinglish’ - the unique American linguistic combination of Yiddish and English. From the over 5000 Yiddish words that have officially become a part of the English language, Avi has fun with the stories and words that celebrate the idiomatic phenomenon that laid the foundation for modern mainstream culture.
You Can Live If They Let You offers an intimate and engaging look into the life and mind of Rabbi Moshe Waldoks, a beloved figure in the Jewish community and beyond. Known for his wit, wisdom, and deep commitment to cultural preservation, Waldoks is a rabbi, author, humorist, scholar and public speaker. He is best known for co-editing the acclaimed The Big Book of Jewish Humor and for his tenure as the spiritual leader of Temple Beth Zion in Brookline, Massachusetts. The show is a rich blend of memoir, humor, and philosophical musings, drawing on Waldoks’ unique life experiences. “I [...]
Join us for a weekly schmooze to learn about YI Love Jewish, watch films and play readings, have important discussions, and meet new people.A Yiddish World Remembered is a 2002 Emmy-award-winning documentary by Andrew Goldberg that uses archival photographs, never-before-seen archival videos, and survivor testimony to reconstruct the Jewish communities of Eastern Europe, which were destroyed by the Holocaust. Oscar nominated actor Elliott Gould narrates.
Join us for a weekly schmooze to learn about YI Love Jewish, watch films and play readings, have important discussions, and meet new people.A play reading of “The Quarrel” where two estranged friends, torn apart by personal betrayal and uprooted by war, meet after years of separation. One became an Orthodox rabbi and the other a secular writer. Their accidental meeting sparks a battle of wits that tests the limits of friendship, faith and tolerance.
Join us for a weekly schmooze to learn about YI Love Jewish, watch films and play readings, have important discussions, and meet new people.Come join us in song with Rabbi Marc Labowitz. Rabbi Labowitz is a teacher, lecturer, and award winning composer serving as the Rabbi of TAO – Temple Adath.
Join us for a weekly schmooze to learn about YI Love Jewish, watch films and play readings, have important discussions, and meet new people.This enlightening lecture “Our Yiddish Shakespeares” presents an entertaining and educational evening introducing the depth and beauty of great Yiddish writers.
Join us for a weekly schmooze to learn about YI Love Jewish, watch films and play readings, have important discussions, and meet new people.Watch an American biographical documentary film, “Laughing in the Darkness” about Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem, who is best known for his stories about Tevye the Dairyman, the basis for the musical Fiddler on the Roof. The film uses historical photographs, film, and audio, as well as analysis by scholars and excerpts from his work read in Yiddish. Learn about Sholem Aleichem's life, the shtetl, and the Lower East Side lifestyles that influenced him.
THE WHEEL: SONGS FROM THE ROAD FEATURING THE ZISL SLEPOVITCH KLEZMER TRIO SHOWINGS THU, OCT 17, 2024 - 8:00 PM EVENT DETAILS VENUE: Aventura Arts & Cultural Center PRICE: Seats Start at $45.00 AVAILABILITY: Buy Tickets Now Presented in partnership with YI Love Jewish as part of their YIDFEST 2024 series. “Phenomenal… Klezmer musician to the core!” – New York Theatre Wire “…the brave sound of klezmer, played with a full heart and as loud as the clarinet can blow.” – TimeOut New York “Forefront of contemporary Jewish music.” – Jewcy.com Musicologist, singer, and composer D. Zisl Slepovitch presents a collection [...]
HOME TICKETS YIDDISH TANGOS PRESENTED BY THE CITY OF AVENTURA & YI LOVE JEWISH SHOWINGS SAT, OCT 19, 2024 - 8:00 PM Add to cal EVENT DETAILS VENUE: Aventura Arts & Cultural Center PRICE: Seats Start at $50.00 AVAILABILITY: Buy Tickets Now Presented in partnership with YI Love Jewish as part of their YIDFEST 2024 series. Aaron Kula and his Klezmer Company Jazz Orchestra created Yiddish Tangos, fusing Yiddish melodies with tango rhythms, producing a unique and sensuous sound embracing two distinct cultures. During World War II, tango was the rave on both sides of the Atlantic, and Jewish composers added [...]
Join us for a weekly schmooze to learn about YI Love Jewish, watch films and play readings, have important discussions, and meet new people.Peter Satkhin will join us on his accordion to perform Eastern-European klezmer music. Within minutes you will be clapping along!
Join us for a weekly schmooze to learn about YI Love Jewish, watch films and play readings, have important discussions, and meet new people.A play reading of “Address Unknown” which tells the story of a friendship between a San Francisco-based Jewish art dealer and his former business partner, who has returned to Germany as the Nazi Party came to power.
