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February 2021

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Monday Night Torah
02/01/2021 - 6:00 pm
 
 
 
 
Humboldt Jewish Music & Culture Festival - Day 1

Humboldt Jewish Music & Culture Festival - Day 1

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Thursday, February 4, 2021 - 7:00pm
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Thursday, February 4 2021  7:00 to 8:00 pm

Cabaret Culture in Interwar Poland:  multimedia presentation by Jewish music specialist Ellie Shapiro, PhD

Jewish musicians played a significant role in shaping the popular culture of the newly independent Poland after World War I. Familiar with the modern sounds coming out of New York’s Tin Pan Alley and the alleys of Buenos Aires, they created a cabaret scene that brought tango, jazz and so much more to excited audiences. This multimedia presentation offers a window into this unique world that tragically ended in 1939.
Via Zoom. (Link will be sent when purchase is complete)

Ticket Price: $15.00


 

02/04/2021 - 7:00 pm
 
 
Kabbalat Shabbat
02/05/2021 - 6:00 pm
 
 
Saturday Morning Torah Study
02/06/2021 - 8:30 am
 
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Humboldt Jewish Music & Culture Festival - Day 2

Humboldt Jewish Music & Culture Festival - Day 2

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Sunday, February 7, 2021 - 10:00am
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Sunday, February. 7, 2021  10:00 am to 1:30 pm

Old Time Yiddishkeit:
A Heymish day of Yiddish Folk Culture with Sasha Lurje and Craig Judelman

 10:00-10:30 A Bissele Yiddish 
Join Sasha Lurje and Rabbi Naomi Steinberg  for a fun start to the day, and get a taste of some Yiddish words. We'll explore the real meaning behind some of the most well known (and often least understood) Yiddish expressions - Abi Gezunt, a Yiddishe Kop, etc. This will be an interactive session so we'll see where it takes us, but if there's time we hope to hear and discuss some of the phrases that participants group up with and even try to learn a short Yiddish song.

 10:30-11:45 Workshop: A Yiddishe Tam (A Yiddish flavor) 
Yiddish is the language of Ashkenazi Jews, a so-called 'embedded culture' that developed in Europe in the last millenium and is currently finding its way forward. Many parts of Yiddish culture have their roots in neighboring cultures, yet when they are expressed 'af Yiddish' there is an unmistakable Tam, or flavor. We'll spend this hour getting various tastes of Yiddish that will help participants appreciate and enjoy this flavor.

Yiddish culture, like any culture, is a multi-disciplinary thing that encompasses dance, music, language, gesture and much more. Often in workshops everything is separated into its own box and we treat these fields as distinct areas, but in fact they are all very related! So for this workshop, which is of course way too short to go deeply into anything, we will rather get a taste of the way these facets of Yiddish culture interact and influence each other. We'll learn a song and a bit of vocal style, talk about how that translates to instrumental (Klezmer) playing, do some dancing and try to situate it all in the context of its time and place. No experience necessary, and while this workshop will surely be particularly interesting for musicians, singers and dancers, it is designed to be accessible, enjoyable and informative to people of all backgrounds.

 12:00-12:45 Concert: Lebedik 
Lebedik is a collaboration between celebrated Latvian singer Sasha Lurje and American violinist Craig Judelman. While the band typically performs a mix of more 'folk'/traditional songs and Yiddish theater and art song, for this special performance they'll be focusing on the old traditional folk repertoire, that was passed down over generations, most often between women as a part of daily home life. Sasha has spent years studying this very special vocal style and developed a unique repertoire ranging from a capella ballads and lyric songs collected on field recordings to Hassidic drinking songs and songs composed in a folk style that are often considered traditional but were actually composed in the early 20th century. This will be a very special opportunity to hear a repertoire that is not often performed, and perfect for the age of zoom concerts as these songs were traditionally sung not on a stage but in a living room (albeit without a computer and webcam)! 

 1:00-1:30 (or later) Meet the Artist 
After spending a day hearing from our wonderful musicians, this will be a chance for us all to get to know each other a bit more informally. Rabbi Naomi Steinberg and Jerryl Lynn Rubin will moderate a discussion with Sasha and Craig about their journeys as musicians, the current Yiddish music scene in Berlin, Yiddish/Jewish life in post-Soviet Latvia, their favorite pizza toppings and more. It will be getting late in Berlin but Sasha and Craig have graciously agreed to stay on as long as they can so we can have time to open up the discussion a bit. Usually after a gig they like to have a drink and unwind, so prepare your favorite cocktail (or mocktail!) and finish the day with a good old community shmooze!

    Tickets: $30.00

 

02/07/2021 - 10:00 am
 
 
Monday Night Torah
02/08/2021 - 6:00 pm
 
 
Humboldt Jewish Music & Culture Festival - Day 3

Humboldt Jewish Music & Culture Festival - Day 3

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Tuesday, February 9, 2021 - 7:00pm
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Tuesday February 9, 2021 7:00-8:00 PM

Let’s Invite Bubbe to Dinner: Cooking Class with the Sarabia Chefs

Join the mother daughter chefs Lauren and Mariah Sarabia for a fun cooking lesson as they teach you how to make one of the most classic eastern European Jewish dishes of all time, the delicious sweet and savory rolled cabbage, Recipes will be provided prior to our event so you can get your shopping done ahead of time and be ready to grab an apron and cook along with the chefs. This dish will bake in the oven for a few hours after the class ends so you can plan to enjoy this dish for dinner the next night.

     Tickets: $15.00

 

02/09/2021 - 7:00 pm
 
 
 
Humboldt Jewish Music & Culture Festival - Day 4

Humboldt Jewish Music & Culture Festival - Day 4

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Thursday, February 11, 2021 - 7:00pm
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Thursday, February 11, 2021  7:00 to 8:00 pm

"Singing the Diaspora: Sephardic Songs from Turkey to Morocco" with Sephardic Music Ensemble Flor de Kanela including Kira Weiss, Andrea Fishman, Eric Ederer, and Fred Nadis. 

This presentation traces the cultural and musical history of the Sephardic Jews from their expulsion from the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal) in the 15th century to the two main diasporas: the urban centers of Ottoman lands (present day Turkey, Greece, and the Balkans) and Morocco. The Santa Barbara based Sephardic music ensemble Flor de Kanela ("Flower of Cinammon”) will perform several love songs from Salonica, Istanbul, and Izmir —  cities that became the centers of Sephardic life and culture in the 19th and 20th centuries — and a Moroccan traditional Sephardic wedding song, explaining the cultural and musical contexts.

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02/11/2021 - 7:00 pm
 
 
Kabbalat Shabbat
02/12/2021 - 6:00 pm
 
 
Saturday Morning Torah Study
02/13/2021 - 8:30 am
 
 
Silver Anniversary Revisited

Silver Anniversary Revisited

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Saturday, February 13, 2021 - 7:00pm
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Join us in re-honoring Rabbi Naomi Steinberg's 25+ years at Temple Beth El at an enchanting Covid-safe musical celebration with Sam Reider on February 13, 2021.  On Zoom.  Tickets:$25 each.
 
Pianist, accordionist, and composer Sam Reider will perform solo at home on accordion, and on his grandfather's 100 year-old Steinway. Reider plays jazz, American folk music and his original compositions, interspersed with stories about his travels and the myriad connections between the musics and cultures of the world.

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02/13/2021 - 7:00 pm
 
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Monday Night Torah
02/15/2021 - 6:00 pm
 
 
 
 
 
Kabbalat Shabbat
02/19/2021 - 6:00 pm
 
 
Saturday Morning Torah Study
02/20/2021 - 8:30 am
 
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Monday Night Torah
02/22/2021 - 6:00 pm
 
 
Why We Need Medicare for All

Why We Need Medicare for All

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Tuesday, February 23, 2021 - 7:00pm
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Why We Need Medicare for All

Tues. Feb. 23rd, 7-8 PM on Zoom
Presented by: Corinne Frugoni, MD and Patty Harvey

Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83074892156

 
At this time of pandemic crisis, availability and cost of health care is a top issue for all of us!
 
Come learn about Single Payer Health Care from Dr. Corinne Frugoni and Patty Harvey, long time advocates for Medicare for All/Single Payer Health Care and co-chairs of our local single payer advocacy group,Humboldt Healthcare for All/Physicians for a National Healthcare Program.  They will answer all questions and clarify exactly what this proposal will mean for all of us.  They also can give their perspectives on the various options being discussed by Biden right now.   This is an excellent personalized opportunity for us to learn, please join us. 
 
The presenters are both long-time advocates for Medicare For All, also known as Single Payer Health Care. They are the co-chairs of our local Single Payer advocacy group-Humboldt Healthcare For All/Physicians For A National Healthcare Program (HCA/PNHP) .
 
They will define Single Payer/Medicare For All, the benefits, why it is so important, how Covid-19 has exposed greater health disparities and inequities. They plan to leave time for Q&A followed at the very end with a review of an important petition that is being circulated to urge Governor Newsom to request waivers to free up Federal funds in order to develop and implement a Single Payer system for all residents in California.
 
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02/23/2021 - 7:00 pm
 
 
 
Purim Celebration

Purim Celebration

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Thursday, February 25, 2021 - 7:00pm
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Join in for the reading (and a sing-a -long) of the Megillah. Let's all come in costume and if you can make Hamantaschen (or buy some at Los Bagels) then we'll all have a nosh together.

Please check with TBE office or TBE Weekly Update for Zoom link.

02/25/2021 - 7:00 pm
 
 
Kabbalat Shabbat
02/26/2021 - 7:00 pm
 
 
Saturday Morning Torah Study
02/27/2021 - 8:30 am
 
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