Art of Yiddish: 12/16-22 at UCLA

[Susan Lerner <meydele...>]

>The new California Institute for Yiddish Language and Culture, in 
>collaboration with the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies, and with the support of 
>the Yablon Cultural Foundation and Yiddishkayt L.A., is pleased to announce 
>the Second Annual Winter Yiddish Intensive, "The Art of Yiddish: An Immersion 
>in the Living Language, Music, and Theater", December 16 - 22, 2001; UCLA 
>Campus, Westwood Village, CA.
>
>The week-long program is unique to the West Coast, and is one of a handful
>of such programs in the entire world. 
>
>Through five days of morning language classes, participants have a unique 
>opportunity to meaningfully
>improve their Yiddish at any level. This year's program once again brings
>together four of the best native-Yiddish-speaking language teachers in the
>country: Pesakh Fiszman, Henny Lewin, Sheyndl Liberman, and Yakov Basner.
>
>The Afternoon and Evening Cultural Programs feature key individuals in the
>vanguard of the world-wide Yiddish renaissance: Prof. Dovid Katz, founder
>of Yiddish Studies at Oxford and Vilnius Universities and Director of
>Research of the new Vilnius Yiddish Institute; and Michael Alpert, violinist
>and vocalist of the famous klezmer ensemble, "Brave Old World".
>
>Dovid Katz, foremost Yiddish scholar based in Lithuania and Wales, will
>deliver a series of provocative lectures on "The Enduring Paradox of
>Yiddish", including: "Origins of Yiddish and Ashkenazic Jewish
>Civilization"; "Episodes in the History of Yiddish"; "From Christian
>Missionaries to Modern Yiddishists: Why Yiddish Has Been Studied for Five
>Centuries"; "Love and Hate of Yiddish"; and "Yiddish in the 21st Century".
>
>Michael Alpert will conduct afternoon and evening workshops in Yiddish song
>and dance ("All the World in These Songs"), and will hold a
>lecture/discussion on the international klezmer revival.
>"Revolution and Politics on the Yiddish Stage" is a multi-media and
>performance lecture on avant-garde Yiddish theater, by theater director and
>noted authority, Sabell Bender.
>
>"The Art of Yiddish" also features a special guest, renown actor, singer,
>and longtime promoter of Yiddish, Theodore Bikel.
>
>"The Art of Yiddish" will conclude on the evening of December 22, with a
>hulyanke (party and concert), featuring Michael Alpert and Los Angeles' own
>Ellis Island Klezmer Ensemble.
>
>The costs for the full program are: $350 if received before 12/8; $390
>thereafter. For full-time students it is $275 before 12/8 and $295
>thereafter. For seniors, $300 before 12/8 and $350 after. 
>
>One can enroll in just the language class portion or just the 
>afternoon/evening cultural
>program for $190 before 12/8 and $225 thereafter; students at $125 before
>12/8 and $145 after; seniors at $160 and $185. 
>
>Individual events (except for language classes) are $18 each or $15 for 
>seniors and students. Hotels
>nearby are about $100/night and are within walking distance or free shuttle 
>bus ride to campus. There are great and inexpensive eateries on campus and in 
>Westwood Village.
>
>For more information and costs, and to register for the program, please 
>contact Miriam Koral, Director
>of the California Institute for Yiddish Language and Culture, at koralm (at) 
>earthlink(dot)net; or 310/745-1190. 
>