Schund! at the Israel Film Festival
On March 17, yidARTS joins forces with the Israel Film Festival for the film’s West Coast premiere.
Read MoreMichael Winograd Trio in West Hollywood
The Michael Winograd Trio launches the inaugural season of yidARTS at the new West Hollywood Library on January 21.
Read MoreShalom Auslander in Conversation at Skirball
Skirball, in association with Yiddishkayt, hosts author Shalom Auslander in conversation with Peter Mehlman on January 24.
Read MoreLove Songs from a Neighboring Village
Our YidARTS Valentine’s Day concert: masters of traditional music Alpert and Kytasty play love songs from the landscapes of Ukraine.
Read More12/26 | Premiere of the Palestine Symphony Orchestra, 1936
Today in Yiddishkayt… December 26 75th Anniversary of the Palestine Symphony Orchestra Premiere In 1933, confronted with the mass discrimination against Jewish cultural figures and their eventual dismissal from all German institutions (and later from elsewhere in Europe), the Polish Jewish violin virtuoso, Bronisław Huberman conceived of the creation of a new orchestra. He recruited 75 great musicians from around Europe, brought them to Palestine to form what would become the Palestine Symphony Orchestra. Although an internationalist and rather anti-Zionist, Huberman resigned from...
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