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October 16 22 Mediterranean Meatballs , - ▪ 7.11" (in lemon sauce) with rice and vegetables )8.99 Saute Lake Perch Lemonato with rice and vegetables $8.99 October 23 29 - 4301 ORCHARD LAKE ROAD WEST BLOOMFIELD • CROSSWINDS PLAZA 248-538-6000 f 40 October 23 • 2014 JN Hours: Monday-Saturday 11am-10pm Sunday 12pm-9pm www.uptownparthenon.com 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. ❑ "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 .