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Videos of Past Programs

City of the Future: Judy Bressler – Afn Glitshn by S. Polonski. Recorded April 10, 2016

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CIYCL concert at UCLA Hillel – Judy Bressler, featured vocalist singing “Glitshn” (Sledding), music by S. Polonski. Recorded April 10, 2016.

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Avrum Traiber Reads Itzik Manger. Recorded February 2, 2016

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Avrum Traiber, who was a member of “Undzer Grupe” LA Yiddish reading circle, reciting a poem by the famous Yiddish Bard Itzik Manger, in his beautiful Bessarabian Yiddish dialect which is now very rare.

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Jews and the Great American Cream Cheese Myth: A Little History, A Little Nosh. Recorded October 25, 2015

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Rabbi Jeff Marx uncovers the truth of how cream cheese joined lox and bagels to become an emblematic Jewish American food. Recorded 10-25-15

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Drops of Joy – Poetry of Moshe Shklar Recorded February 17, 2013

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Venture through the works of LA’s own Award-Winning Yiddish Poet Moshe Shklar in an event that honors Shklar’s moving and inspiring works through readings, in Yiddish and English and some in Polish, with musical interludes. Recorded 2-17-13 at the Santa Monica Synagogue.

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Bella Bryks-Klein – In the Footsteps of My Father Recorded June 26, 2011

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Take a trip down memory lane with Executive Director of The Yiddish Cultural Center in Tel Aviv Bella Bryks-Klein as she retells the life of her father Rachmil Bryks, famous Yiddish author known for A Cat in the Ghetto. Recorded June 26,2011 at the Institute for Jewish Education, Los Angeles.

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Yale Strom – Shtetl Sport, part 1 of (2). Recorded November 15, 2009

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Recorded in Los Angeles on 11-15-09 as part of the annual Showcase of Contemporary Yiddish Culture. It features composer, filmmaker, performer, and researcher, Yale Strom shedding light on an often overlooked aspect of pre-War Jewish cultural life in Eastern Europe.

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