| 28th Year of the Minneapolis Yiddish Vinkl | ||||
| 2019 - 2020 CALENDAR | Light refreshments follow each program. | |||
| L'Shanah Tovah to all our |
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Sunday 1:30 p.m September 15, 2019 Sabes JCC |
The Yiddish Vinkl partners with
Sabes Jewish Community Center and Twin Cities Jewish Film Festival screening the film Black Honey This documentary shows the twists and turns of the life of acclaimed Yiddish poet Avrom Sutzkover -- poet, partisan, and ardent defender of Yiddish language and culture. Writing kept him same - from the time he and his family lived in Siberia, then the Vilna ghetto, the forest after the Nazi invasion of Russia, and finally in Israel. The new York Times called him "the most important writer of the Holocaust period." Film: Hebrew, Yiddish and English subtitles. Plus - Live readings of his poetry Reception follows the performance. Twin Cities Jewish Film Festival
runs from September 14 to 28,
with post-Festival screenings in October See TCJfilmfest.org for more details. Membership is $20 and covers a full year of Vinkl programs. Guest fee is $10. |
  https://blog.nli.org.il/en/sutzkever/ https://www.yadvashem.org/research/about/studies/back-issues/38-1/novershtern.html  Avraham Sutzkever with his wife, Freydke, and daughter, Mira, in an undated photo. (Courtesy of Go2Films.) https://jewishreviewofbooks.com/articles/4993/yiddish-heroism-hebrew-tears/ |
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Sunday 10:00 AM October 13, 2019 Sabes JCC Auditorium |
    Sue Lund Photography |
What doesîòëééÇò (mekhaye) mean
in Yiddish? A Marvelous Morning of Music
-- Sima Shumilovsky, vocalist
will deliver some of our favorite songs with her expressive style. Paid up members, free.
Guests, $5.00 |
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Sunday 10:00 AM November 10, 2019 Sabes JCC |
Minneapolis Yiddish Vinkl, University of Minnesota Press and
Sabes JCC present author Jay Weiner His new book, Professor Berman: The Last Lecture of Minnesota’s Greatest Public Historian profiles one of our most beloved Vinkl members. The book highlights the thoughts and writings of the late Professor Berman, one of the most popular History Professors from the University of Minnesota. He was friends with many important political figures here in Minnesota. There will be a slide show, videos and time for questions from the audience. Copies of the book will be available for signing. Rita Lusky provides a musical piano interlude. Presentation will be in English. This event is free to all members of the community. Light refreshments follow the program. |
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Sunday 10:00 AM December 8, 2019 Sabes JCC |
 wildernesstorah.org |
Khanuke Khappenings Party! Games! Treats! Something for everyone ... Light refreshments follow the program |
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| Sunday January, 2020 Sabes JCC |
No Program this month |
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| Sunday February, 2020 Sabes JCC |
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No Program this month
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Sunday 10:00 - 12:00 March 8, 2020 Sabes JCC |
Leyanens fun Fidler Afn Dakh (Readings from Fiddler on the Roof) Participants are Neal
Gosman, Dr. Ralph Levitt, Dorothy Marden, Dianne Silvermann, and Ralph
Wittcoff. Featuring exceptional
musician, Mark Bloom on keyboard.
Light refreshments
follow program. Free
to paid up members. Guests, $5.00
Please note: Daylight Savings Time - Set your zayger (clock) ahead one hour. |
 Sholem Aleichem with his wife and three of their children in 1889 (Yivo Institute) |
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| Sunday April, 2020 Sabes JCC |
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Program details pending Light refreshments follow the program
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Sunday May, 2020 Sabes JCC |
No program scheduled at this time | |||
| Summer 2020 | Break |
2019-23-19 |
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