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throughout Ann Arbor are
coming together to answer a
question: Vos ist das? (What is this?)
— when it comes to Yiddish culture.
A six-day festival will provide
many aspects of the answer without
participants having to know the Yiddish
language. Presentations, foods, music and
even treasured personal objects enter into
the experience
"The Ann Arbor Yiddish Festival:
A Colorful Celebration of Language,
Literature, Film, Culture and Music" runs
Oct. 28-Nov. 2 at various locations to give
participants a hands-on understanding of
their ethnic heritage.
"The opportunity to celebrate what
Yiddish has meant to Jewish culture is a
wonderful thing," says David Shtulman,
executive director of the Jewish Federation
of Greater Ann Arbor. "I think people will
have fun and opportunities to learn:'
Samuel Norich, publisher of the Yiddish
Forverts and the English Forward newspa-
pers and former executive director of the
YNO Institute for Jewish Research, will
discuss "Yiddish 'With a Complete Faith"'
at 8:15 p.m. Friday, Oct 31, at Beth Israel
Congregation.
The talk will be preceded by a tradition-
al Eastern European Shabbat dinner.
"The festival started as a weekend my
brother and I wanted to dedicate to our
father, Isaac Norich," says Anita Norich,
professor of English language and litera-
ture and Judaic studies at the University of
Michigan, who will be the guest presenter
at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, at Beth Israel,
reflecting on Yiddish literature and the
weekly parshah.
"He spent a good deal of time in Ann
Arbor, where Beth Israel became another
Jewish home for him. Our rich cultural
yerushah (inheritance) from our parents
included a deep commitment to Yiddish.
"In gratitude for the way Beth Israel
and the Ann Arbor community greeted
my father, in recognition of his love of
Yiddish and in recognition of the cen-
tral role Yiddish continues to play in
an understanding of Jewish history and
culture, we were delighted to see this
festival come to fruition:'
The festival launched with a commu-
nity grant for a musical festival.
An anonymous donor approached us
about having the Maxwell Street Klezmer
Band from Chicago and provided money
The Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
for that:' Shtulman explains.
"When we learned that Beth Israel
Congregation was planning a weekend
program about Yiddish, we put these ele-
ments together and developed them into
the festival:"
The Maxwell Street concert, with an
opening performance by Detroit's Klez
Kidz, begins at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov.
1, in the Main Ballroom of the Student
Center at Eastern Michigan University.
The Maxwell Street Klezmer Band also
will lead an adult workshop, at 10 a.m.
Sunday, Nov. 2, at the Jewish Community
Center of Greater Ann Arbor.
As far as I know, this is the first Yiddish
festival in Ann Arbor:' Shtulman says. "If
the festival is successful and there's a lot of
community interest, I can imagine that we
will be touching on the topic of Yiddish in
different ways in the future:'
Other programs, with associated
speakers, include an adult show-and-tell
with Chuck Newman of the Memory
Preservation Lab; a Yiddishn tam (Jewish
taste) lunch; a Yiddish readers circle; and
the film Grine Felder (Green Fields), with
guest speaker U-M Assistant Professor
Maya Barzilai, all on Tuesday, Oct. 28.
The festival screens The Last Klezmer:
The Life and Music of Leopold Kozlowski,
on Wednesday, Oct. 29, with guest speaker
filmmaker Yale Strom.
On Thursday, Oct. 30, there will be a
traditional lunch; a Chaverim B'Shirim
concert; and the film Yidl Mitn Fidl (Yiddle
with His Fiddle), with guest speaker U-M
Professor Jeff Veidlinger.
Activities on Sunday, Nov. 2, also
include a kugel cookoff and dinner.
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"The Ann Arbor Yiddish Festival"
runs Oct. 28-Nov. 2 at various
locations throughout the city. While
many events are free to the public,
some have costs depending on what
is being featured. For a complete
list with event details and ticket
information, go to jewishannarbor.
org .