Re: Yiddish Winter Institute in LA 12/14-21

[Susan Lerner <meydele...>]

ATTENTION KLEZMORIM AND JEWISH MUSIC FANS:

Do you love Klezmer music?  Wouldn?t you love to learn
more about Yiddish language and culture? Want to learn Yiddish? 

Then you?re in luck!  This winter, Los Angeles will be home to the only Yiddish 
intensive on the West Coast where you can learn all about the richness of 
Yiddishkayt and get a deeper understanding of the culture that our beloved 
Klezmer music.  At ?The Art of Yiddish,? it?s easy to start learning!  It?s the
perfect time to explore your roots through the vitality, soul, and humor of 
Yiddish culture.

 
The California Institute for Yiddish Language and Culture 
in collaboration with
The UCLA Center for Jewish Studies
is pleased to announce a community event
 
THE THIRD ANNUAL WINTER YIDDISH INTENSIVE

 THE ART OF YIDDISH: A tour de force
An immersion in the living language, literature,
theater, film, and dance
For adults of all ages

December 14-21, 2002

Royce Hall, UCLA Campus, Westwood Village, CA

 PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

*Special Guest ED ASNER will narrate (in English) the
only West Coast production of the Yiddish
Upstairs/Downstairs-esque comedy ?MENTSHN,? (?FOLKS?).
 Written by Sholem Aleichem (author of the stories
that inspired ?Fiddler on the Roof?), this play will
feature both local and international popular actors.
(December 21)

*ONE-DAY YIDDISH EXPERIENCE (Dec. 15):  Day-long
immersion in Yiddish culture with muli-level Yiddish
conversation, singing, storytelling, and ?Expressions
your Bubbe (grandmother) never taught you? with
internationally renowned humorist Michael Wex

*DAILY MORNING LANGUAGE CLASSES (Dec. 16 ­ 20):  Begin
or improve Yiddish reading, writing, and conversation
skills at any level with four of the best
native-Yiddish-speaking language teachers in the
country.

*LIVE KLEZMER MUSIC (Dec. 14 and 21)

*YIDDISH DANCE WORKSHOP (Dec. 16): led by Karen
Goodman, critically acclaimed choreographer/performer
and teacher

*YIDDISH FILM SCREENINGS:  classic cinema: ?THE
DYBBUK? (the original ?Exorcist?) (Dec. 19) and 
?GREEN FIELDS? (after the work of a modern Yiddish
writer from Los Angeles) (Dec. 17) with subtitles in
English

*LECTURES ABOUT YIDDISH DRAMA AND LANGUAGE with a
company of Yiddish experts (Dec. 16-20)


Why spend another winter in the same old way?

This year, treat yourself to the priceless gift of
CULTURE with THE ART OF YIDDISH!  It?s just a phone
call away!
 

REGISTER NOW!  call 310-745-1179, email
Miriam (at) yiddishinstitute(dot)org or visit us on the web at
http://www.yiddishinstitute.org

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