Yiddish song: Step Forverts
2020-06-21 17:00 - 18:30, 2020-06-24 17:00 - 18:30, 2020-06-28 17:00 - 18:30, 2020-07-01 08:00 - 17:00, 2020-07-05 17:00 - 18:30, 2020-07-08 17:00 - 18:30, 2020-07-12 17:00 - 18:30, 2020-07-15 17:00 - 18:30 UTC and 2 more dates | Walworth
Yiddish Song Forum: Step Forverts – Wednesdays and Sundays live on Facebook.

Project page

A unique international gathering of Yiddish song activists. Live on Facebook here.

Wednesdays and Sundays from 24 May at 9 am California/ 12 noon New York / 5pm London / 6 pm Berlin / 7pm Kishinev and Moscow
On 24 May we came together to take a step forward, we meet & greet and start a creative flow. Following that, two times a week, on Wednesdays and Sundays performers present solo sessions with short interviews about their approach to taking Yiddish song further.
Each session will have at least one world premiere of a newly composed or arranged song – we would like this to be a special feature of our series!
Another very important feature of the forum is our Russian speaking ‘Eastern branch’ – about a half of our presenters are originally from Eastern Europe. Let’s bring us all closer together!
We have over 30 presenters from Russia, Moldova, UK, Canada, USA, Brazil, The Netherlands, Estonia, Estonia, Latvia on board, representing a huge variety of styles and genres of Yiddish song – performers, composers, lecturers/researchers, event organisers who all sing their unique material. Coordinated and moderated by Efim Chorny (Moldova) & Polina Shepherd (Russia/UK).
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Sing with Me 63
2020-06-28 19:00 - 19:40
Russian & Yiddish Song Sessions Online are open to everyone!
Wednesdays and Sundays 11am California / 2pm New York/ 7 pm UK time / 8pm most of Europe

Please come back here a few hours before the next session for zoom meeting information and a song sheet.
Further sessions:
Sunday 28 June – session 63 Russian song
Wednesday 1 July – session 64 Yiddish song
Sunday 5 July – session 65 Russian song
Wednesday 8 July – session 66 Yiddish song

We’ve had over 60 sessions since the lock down and now moving on to twice a week with Russian Songs on Sundays and Yiddish songs on Wednesdays, sessions being 40 minutes. No knowledge of languages is needed. A song sheet is uploaded to this page at least two hours before we start and shown on the screen during the sessions. Session videos are posted online afterwards. We’ve had up to 90 people joining us from Russia, USA, Australia, Brazil, Iceland, Canada, Ukraine, most of Europe, and New Zealand!
Seeing I have lost all my work over the next months, I appreciate payments but you can join us free of charge too.
For previous sessions’ information and sheet music go here.

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Sing with Me 64
2020-07-01 19:00 - 19:40
Russian & Yiddish Song Sessions Online are open to everyone!
Wednesdays and Sundays 11am California / 2pm New York/ 7 pm UK time / 8pm most of Europe

Please go to this page a few hours before the next session for zoom meeting information and a song sheet.
Wednesday 1 July – session 64 Yiddish song
Sunday 5 July – session 65 Russian song
Wednesday 8 July – session 66 Yiddish song

We’ve had over 60 sessions since the lock down and now moving on to twice a week with Russian Songs on Sundays and Yiddish songs on Wednesdays, sessions being 40 minutes. No knowledge of languages is needed. A song sheet is uploaded to this page at least two hours before we start and shown on the screen during the sessions. Session videos are posted online afterwards. We’ve had up to 90 people joining us from Russia, USA, Australia, Brazil, Iceland, Canada, Ukraine, most of Europe, and New Zealand!
Seeing I have lost all my work over the next months, I appreciate payments but you can join us free of charge too.
For previous sessions’ information and sheet music go here.

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Merlin & Polina Shepherd at JetLAG festival
2020-07-04 16:00 - 16:30
Merlin and Polina Shepherd with a Russian and Klezmer set for JetLag Festival

Vovka Kozhekin & Vanya Zhuk, Fedor Chistyakov, Леонид Фёдоров, Vezhlivy Otkaz, Dobranotch, Daniel Kahn, Anya Umka Gerasimova, Дефеса feat Оля Чикина, Vadim Pevzner, Polina Shepherd, Слава Рутман, Nikolay Yakimov and many other JetLAG’s beloved ones (including your humble me) @ JetLAG stage at Платформа online. https://platformafest.ru/live

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Merlin & Polina Shepherd on Two Melodies a Day
2020-07-04 18:00
Hosted by Mark Kovnatskiy and Shendl Copitman Kovnatskiy
Every Saturday a klezmer violinist Mark Kovnatsky invites special guests from the leading klezmer players as part of his daily show “Two melodies of the day“.
July 4th will present a concert by the Merlin and Polina Shepherd Duo.
Merlin & Polina Shepherd perform together in a way that is rarely encountered. Playing music from several linked cultures and maintaining the styles, they also incorporate improvisation, freedom and spontaneity.
With a unique approach and dynamic, they perform Klezmer, Yiddish and Russian song and they weave a sound that, so like Music from these Cultures themselves, moves the listener physically, emotionally and spiritually.
There is no need to remind that because of the coronavirus pandemic, freelance musicians are not in the best situation right now. Any contributions and donations are more than welcome.
To do this, use this link: PayPal.me/MerlinMShepherd
Broadcast will be held on Mark’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/mark.kovnatskiy
Time of the broadcast:
July 4th:
8 pm in Chisinau, Kiev, Moscow, Helsinki
7 pm in Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam, Madrid
6 pm in London, Dublin
1 pm in New York, Washington, Montreal, Toronto
10 am in LA, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland
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Концерт клезмерской музыки для детей и взрослых
2020-07-05 11:00 - 11:40
THIS EVENT WILL BE IN RUSSIAN but non-Russian speakers can still enjoy the music.
Концерт клезмерской музыки для детей и взрослых
Tickets here – билеты тут

Приглашаем детей и родителей на концерт клезмерской музыки с певицей Полиной Шеперд и кларнетистом Мерлином Шеперд. Мы узнаем, какие музыкальные инструменты традиционно используются в этой музыке; услышим знаменитые песни на идиш и на русском, и споем их все вместе!
Полина Шеперд – певица, композитор, руководитель хоров, педагог. Объединенные единым брендом The Polina Shepherd Vocal Experience, вокальные проекты Полины включают в себя многосоставные хоры, вокальный квартет, дуэты, соло. Полина руководит четырьмя хорами в Великобритании, в том числе уже 5 лет выступает с Лауреатом Международного III Лондонского Фестиваля Русской Песни (2010) Русским хором г.Брайтона и Хоува, Идишским хором Лондона и Лондонским Русским Хором.
Мерлин Шеперд – кларнетист с мировым именем, основатель нового педагогического метода в клезмерской музыке «earband». Часто работает в театре как музыкант и как музыкальный режиссер, в послужном списке: The Royal National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, London и многие другие.
Мероприятие проходит при поддержке Genesis Philanthropy Group

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Sing with Me 65
2020-07-05 19:00 - 19:40
Russian & Yiddish Song Sessions Online are open to everyone!
Wednesdays and Sundays 11am California / 2pm New York/ 7 pm UK time / 8pm most of Europe

Please go to this page a few hours before the next session for zoom meeting information and a song sheet.

Sunday 5 July – session 65 Russian song
Wednesday 8 July – session 66 Yiddish song
Sunday 12 July – session 67 Russian song
Wednesday 15 July – session 68 Yiddish song
Sunday 19 July – session 69 Russian song
Wednesday 22 July – session 70 Yiddish song.

We’ve had over 60 sessions since the lock down and now moving on to twice a week with Russian Songs on Sundays and Yiddish songs on Wednesdays, sessions being 40 minutes. No knowledge of languages is needed. A song sheet is uploaded to this page at least two hours before we start and shown on the screen during the sessions. Session videos are posted online afterwards. We’ve had up to 90 people joining us from Russia, USA, Australia, Brazil, Iceland, Canada, Ukraine, most of Europe, and New Zealand!
Seeing I have lost all my work over the next months, I appreciate payments but you can join us free of charge too.
For previous sessions’ information and sheet music go here.

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Sing with Me 66
2020-07-08 19:00 - 19:40
Russian & Yiddish Song Sessions Online are open to everyone!
Wednesdays and Sundays 11am California / 2pm New York/ 7 pm UK time / 8pm most of Europe

Please go to this page a few hours before the next session for zoom meeting information and a song sheet.

Wednesday 8 July – session 66 Yiddish song
Sunday 12 July – session 67 Russian song
Wednesday 15 July – session 68 Yiddish song
Sunday 19 July – session 69 Russian song
Wednesday 22 July – session 70 Yiddish song.

We’ve had over 60 sessions since the lock down and now moving on to twice a week with Russian Songs on Sundays and Yiddish songs on Wednesdays, sessions being 40 minutes. No knowledge of languages is needed. A song sheet is uploaded to this page at least two hours before we start and shown on the screen during the sessions. Session videos are posted online afterwards. We’ve had up to 90 people joining us from Russia, USA, Australia, Brazil, Iceland, Canada, Ukraine, most of Europe, and New Zealand!
Seeing I have lost all my work over the next months, I appreciate payments but you can join us free of charge too.
For previous sessions’ information and sheet music go here.

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Sing with Me 67
2020-07-12 19:00 - 19:40
Russian & Yiddish Song Sessions Online are open to everyone!
Wednesdays and Sundays 11am California / 2pm New York/ 7 pm UK time / 8pm most of Europe

Please go to this page a few hours before the next session for zoom meeting information and a song sheet.

Sunday 12 July – session 67 Russian song
Wednesday 15 July – session 68 Yiddish song
Sunday 19 July – session 69 Russian song
Wednesday 22 July – session 70 Yiddish song.

We’ve had over 60 sessions since the lock down and now moving on to twice a week with Russian Songs on Sundays and Yiddish songs on Wednesdays, sessions being 40 minutes. No knowledge of languages is needed. A song sheet is uploaded to this page at least two hours before we start and shown on the screen during the sessions. Session videos are posted online afterwards. We’ve had up to 90 people joining us from Russia, USA, Australia, Brazil, Iceland, Canada, Ukraine, most of Europe, and New Zealand!
Seeing I have lost all my work over the next months, I appreciate payments but you can join us free of charge too.
For previous sessions’ information and sheet music go here.

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Sing with Me 68
2020-07-15 19:00 - 19:40
Please go to this page a few hours before the next session for zoom meeting information and a song sheet.

Wednesday 15 July – session 68 Yiddish song
Sunday 19 July – session 69 Russian song
Wednesday 22 July – session 70 Yiddish song.

We’ve had over 60 sessions since the lock down and now moving on to twice a week with Russian Songs on Sundays and Yiddish songs on Wednesdays, sessions being 40 minutes. No knowledge of languages is needed. A song sheet is uploaded to this page at least two hours before we start and shown on the screen during the sessions. Session videos are posted online afterwards. We’ve had up to 90 people joining us from Russia, USA, Australia, Brazil, Iceland, Canada, Ukraine, most of Europe, and New Zealand!
Seeing I have lost all my work over the next months, I appreciate payments but you can join us free of charge too.
For previous sessions’ information and sheet music go here.

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Sing with Me 69
2020-07-19 19:00 - 19:40
Please go to this page a few hours before the next session for zoom meeting information and a song sheet.

Sunday 19 July – session 69 Russian song
Wednesday 22 July – session 70 Yiddish song.

We’ve had over 60 sessions since the lock down and now moving on to twice a week with Russian Songs on Sundays and Yiddish songs on Wednesdays, sessions being 40 minutes. No knowledge of languages is needed. A song sheet is uploaded to this page at least two hours before we start and shown on the screen during the sessions. Session videos are posted online afterwards. We’ve had up to 90 people joining us from Russia, USA, Australia, Brazil, Iceland, Canada, Ukraine, most of Europe, and New Zealand!
Seeing I have lost all my work over the next months, I appreciate payments but you can join us free of charge too.
For previous sessions’ information and sheet music go here.

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Sing with Me 70
2020-07-22 19:00 - 19:40
Please go to this page a few hours before the next session for zoom meeting information and a song sheet.

Wednesday 22 July – session 70 Yiddish song and sharing

We’ve had over 60 sessions since the lock down and now moving on to twice a week with Russian Songs on Sundays and Yiddish songs on Wednesdays, sessions being 40 minutes. No knowledge of languages is needed. A song sheet is uploaded to this page at least two hours before we start and shown on the screen during the sessions. Session videos are posted online afterwards. We’ve had up to 90 people joining us from Russia, USA, Australia, Brazil, Iceland, Canada, Ukraine, most of Europe, and New Zealand!
Seeing I have lost all my work over the next months, I appreciate payments but you can join us free of charge too.
For previous sessions’ information and sheet music go here.

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Yiddish Song: Step Forverts closing
2020-07-26 17:00 - 19:00

Three Jewish Silents with live music
2020-07-31 18:00 - 18:50
Accompanied by The Sound & Light Cinematic Duo
Three Jewish silent films, 1910 – 1926
WATCH HERE https://www.facebook.com/merlin.shepherd
Payments are optional, but appreciated. You can pay by PayPal to paypal.me/MerlinMShepherd
or use a debit or credit card (or PayPal) here:
£5
£10

L’chaim 1910 (9’20”) dir A. Mietr and K. Ganzen
The first film made that shows Jewish life from the inside. For the first time in cinema Jews were represented as real characters, not stereotypes. Considered to be the “birth” of Jewish cinema.
Based on a Jewish folk song.
Rukhele’s parents make her marry rich Matteus, but she loves poor Shlomo. In two years Rukhl has a child but she can’t forget Shlomo and so she leaves Matteus taking her child with to be with her lover. Matteus starts to drink. Years pass and a beautiful rich woman and child pay a surprise visit to the alcoholic Matteus. After they leave Matteus finds a note from his guests explaining that it was his Rukhele and their daughter. She wanted her daughter to see her father.

Sara’s Grief 1913 (13’43”) dir A. Arkatov
The director of this film wrote the screenplay for L’chaim.
One of the first Jewish cinema dramas about moral, religious and emotional ethics.
The doctor’s diagnosis for Sara and Isaak changed their lives completely. Unable to have children, Isaak visits his Rabbi who tells his that according to Jewish law, they must divorce. Isaak can’t bear this failure of their marriage. Overcome with grief, he commits suicide. After some time Sara realises that she is pregnant, but there is no comfort for her own torment.

Jews and the Land 1927 (17’46”) dir Abram Room
This extraordinary documentary describes Soviet Russia’s attempt to create a colony of collective farms of Jews, in Crimea in the 1920s. It is the only remaining art document of this fascinating period of Jewish (and Soviet) history. The film shows Jews working the land, handling animals, driving tractors! The text was written by Soviet poet Vladimir Mayakovsky.

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Trip to Yiddishland Online concert
2020-08-18 20:15 - 21:30
This Trip to Yiddishland Online concert is part of a three full days programme.
Our program includes Yiddish classes for all levels and ages, lectures by Yiddish scholars (in English and Yiddish), klezmer, Yiddish song and Yidishe nigunim workshops, daily concerts featuring Klezmer stars, Yiddish singalongs, children’s program and the opportunity to meet with ardent Yiddishists from around the world. We hope you will join us and become a part of our international Trip to Yiddishland mishpokhe! More here

August 18 – Tribute to Adrienne Cooper and Pesah Fiszman
3.15pm – 4.30pm New York time / 8.15pm – 9.30pm UK time

Sarah Gordon; Frank London; Lorin Sklamberg, Marilyn Lerner, Joanne Borts, Dan Kahn, Jeff Warschauer & Deborah Strauss, Josh Dolgin, Eleanor Reissa, Polina Shepherd, Zalmen Mlotek, Theresa Tova, Fima Chorny and Suzanna Gergus, Michael Winograd
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Inemw*yc: Klezmer Cocktails
2020-08-30 20:00 - 21:30
International Network for Women & Non-Binary People in Yiddish Culture
Inemw*yc: Klezmer Cocktails
Join us at the first live event of INEMW*YC 2020: a chilled Sunday zoom-party where we can unwind together for an hour over a cocktail or coffee (depending on your timezone).
The programme for the network meeting is shaping up nicely, promising lots of opportunities for new connections, reflection, and personal development open to all women and non-binary people in the Yiddish culture community.
In fact, the meeting is going to be so good that we want to get started a bit early! So, don’t miss this chance to find out more about the conference from the organisers, meet some of the presenters, connect with friends and colleagues from all over the world, and get the ball rolling on our conversation about gender and klezmer!
Bring your own drink. Cocktail accessories and dressing up optional but highly encouraged.

Time zone converter: https://time.is/de/compare
Please register in advance by sending an email to inemwyc.programme@gmail.com and we will send you the zoom link.
The organisers and workshop moderators are offering their work on a voluntary basis, but of course we want to make sure that everyone involved receives a fair fee.
Therefore we would like to encourage you to donate via PayPal. All donations go directly to cover organising costs and fees.
paypal.me/AndreaPancur
Subject: inemw*yc
Join us for a weekend of discussion and music to make our voices stronger – 11-13 September.

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Sing with me 71
2020-09-03 18:30 - 19:15
Sing with Me Russian & Yiddish Song Sessions Online are open to everyone.
Twice a week 10.30 am California / 1.30 pm New York/ 6.30 pm UK time / 7.30 pm most of Europe
3 September – 8 October. Project page
Sing With Me First edition had 70 sessions since the beginning of the lock down and we are starting regular sessions again.

Mondays for Yiddish, Thursdays for Russian songs.
A different song taught in every session, each meeting being 40 – 45 minutes.
No knowledge of languages is needed.
A printable song sheet is uploaded to this page at least two hours before we start and shown on the screen during the sessions.
Videos are posted online afterwards.
Come to as many sessions as you like.
Payments are really appreciated but you can join us free of charge too.
∗NEW ∗ Some songs will be introduced with harmony lines – sing with me in harmonies.
A Zoom link for each session, as well as a printable song sheet with music, lyrics, translation and transliteration appears here minimum two hours before the session, as well as information about the song, sometimes with audio or video links. Occasionally we will repeat our most loved songs so please keep your eye on our repertoire and mark your favourites.

For previous sessions’ information and sheet music go here or watch our Youtube playlist.
We usually have 30-40 people joining us from Russia, USA, Hawaii, Australia, Brazil, Iceland, Canada, Ukraine, most of Europe, and New Zealand… New people join every time but we also now have a wonderful and welcoming international Sing With Me community.
Our current block of sessions:

Thursday 3 September – Russian Song
Monday 7 September – Yiddish Song
Thursday 10 September – Russian Song
Monday 14 September – Yiddish Song
Thursday 17 September – Russian Song
Monday 21 September – Yiddish Song
Thursday 24 September – Russian Song
Thursday 1 October – Russian Song
Monday 5 October – Yiddish Song
Thursday 8 October – Russian / Yiddish song, two languages and a little party to share impressions and socialise.

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Sing with me 72 Yiddish song
2020-09-07 18:30 - 19:15

B&W silent film with live accompaniment, The Sound & Light Cinematic Duo
2020-09-09 17:00 - 18:30
September 9, 12:00 pm New York, 5pm UK, 6pm most of Europe – ONLINE
B&W silent film with live accompaniment . This event is part of the YI LOVE YIDDISH FEST 2020.
“Пять невест” (Five Brides) – Aleksandr Solovyov 1930 This is an amazing piece of Soviet agit-prop from 1930.
This extraordinary piece of cinematic story telling was made by Ukrainian Film Director and former Red Army soldier, A. Solovyov. He brings astonishing narrative, action and direction. Cinematography by Albert Kyun brings us amazing camera tilting, close-up, panning shots, camera rolling etc etc. The minimalist yet meaningful screenplay is by Dovid Maryan.
Merlin and Polina Shepherd​ as The Sound & Light Cinematic Duo accompany this fantastic film on clarinet, piano and voice.
•WATCH HERE•
Facebook -> @Yiddishkayt Initiative
Youtube -> https://bit.ly/YILoveYoutube
More about the film here
More about the project here
Facebook event is coming soon on this page

International Virtual YI ❤ NY YiddishFest 2020 – 7 – 13 September, event web site

SOUTH FLORIDA – The Jewish/Yiddish event of the year will take place virtually from September 7- 13 when the Yiddishkayt Initiative (YILoveJewish.org) hosts its “Inaugural International VIRTUAL YI Love YiddishFest.”
This is the first Yiddishfest that YI is presenting virtually – and will allow participants from all around the world to sign on to their computers, tablets and phones to enjoy this FREE festival of outstanding Jewish cultural and Yiddish language content.

Major American and International celebrities and stars of the Jewish and Yiddish world will gather to present performances, concerts, theatre readings, discussions, film screenings, lectures and more throughout the day from 10 a.m. to midnight. According to Avi Hoffman, the CEO of the Yiddishkayt Initiative, no virtual Yiddish/Jewish festival of this size and scope has ever been put on before. Hoffman says he hopes the “YI Love YiddishFest” will attract audiences worldwide and be a huge success.
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Sing with Me 73 Russian song
2020-09-10 18:30 - 19:15

Network Meeting for Women & Non-binary People in Yiddish Culture
2020-09-11 - 2020-09-13
Network Meeting for Women & Non-binary People in Yiddish Culture

Freitag, 11. September 2020, 16:00 Uhr
bis Sonntag, 13. September 2020, 22:00 Uhr
Villa Leon, Philipp-Koerber-Weg 1, 90439 Nürnberg

Available online

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First International Network Meeting for Women and Non-Binary People in Yiddish Culture
“Looking to the past in order to change the future.”
Who is this meeting for?
The first network meeting for women and non-binary people in Yiddish culture will take place from 11-13 September 2020 in the Villa Leon in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany. The meeting will offer an inclusive and safe place where we welcome women* of all ages and religious backgrounds. We invite artists of all kinds to participate, from amateurs to professional musicians and performers as well as researchers and Yiddishists, cantors or rabbis, journalists, festival organisers or assistants in the cultural sector, bookers and assistants, agents, visual artists, photographers etc. The aim of the meeting is to learn from each other and from our diverse experiences. Women who are active in other, related cultural domains are also very welcome to join us.
*The network is trans-inclusive and welcomes all women.

Why are we organising this meeting?
This is the first ever network for women in Yiddish culture. The aim of the project is to create our own space where we can create new art, support new collaborations, facilitate professional networking, help artists gain access to new opportunities for work, and to increase the range of people and institutions we are working with.
It is high time to bring together women of all generations and all religious and cultural backgrounds. Like women in other creative economy branches (eg. “Pro Quote Film” and “Burning Issues”-Konferenz) women in Yiddish culture have also been reacting to the #Metoo debate, and these issues continue to have an effect on our professional lives. We want to work together and support each other to create lasting change in our community. We aim to open up more space for women in existing structures and to counteract the structural inequality and lack of representation in cultural spaces.

The aim of this meeting is not to attack our male colleagues. This space is valuable as a safe space where women* can meet, share stories, and discuss these issues in a non-mixed context, leading to lasting collaborations and new networks. We think it is time for women to get organised together and and set out our wishes clearly.
What will happen during the meeting?
Our approach to organising the meeting also draws on our dissatisfaction with existing structures. Therefore as much as possible we aim to work without a hierarchy, avoiding official ‘presentations’ or ‘keynote speakers’, and instead using working groups with moderators as a better context for sharing our experiences and planning strategies. During the three days, alongside scheduled sessions, participants will have space to steer the direction of the meeting, with plenty of time left open for informal work in jams, discussion groups, academic exchange, and any other ideas or initiatives that are proposed during the weekend. At the end of the weekend, the results of the working groups will be presented in a public panel discussion. Following the weekend, the results of the working groups will also be published online.

Further information will be available soon on our website (online from July 2019 on), and here on facebook.
Stay tuned!
https://inemwyc.wordpress.com/
Greetings from the organising committee:
Andrea Pancur, Joanna Britton, Polina Shepherd
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Erstes Internationales Netzwerktreffen von Frauen und non-binären Menschen in der jiddischen Kultur

“Die Vergangenheit in Augenschein nehmen, um die Zukunft zu verändern.”
Für wen ist das Treffen gedacht?
Das erste Netzwerktreffen von Frauen und non-binären Menschen in der jiddischen Kultur vom 11.-13. September 2020 in der Nürnberger Villa Leon soll als inklusiver, sicherer Raum allen Frauen (cis & LGBT) jeden Alters und religiöser Ausrichtung zur Verfügung gestellt werden. Zur Teilnahme eingeladen sind Künstlerinnen aller Art – von der Amateurin zur professionellen Musikerin, Wissenschaftlerin, Kantorin, Rabinerin, Journalistin, Festivalorganisatorin und -assistentin, Bookerin und Assistentin, Agentin, Fotografin und Jiddistin.
Das Treffen soll dazu dienen, dass wir alle voneinander und unseren unterschiedlichen Erfahrungen lernen können. Selbstverständlich sind auch Frauen herzlich willkommen, die in ähnlich gelagerten, anderen kulturellen Zusammenhängen arbeiten.

Warum organisieren wir das Treffen?
Leider existiert bisher kein explizites Netzwerk für Frauen in der jiddischen Kultur. Wir wollen nun damit beginnen, uns unseren eigenen Raum zu schaffen, um neue Inhalte zu generieren, die Zusammenarbeit zu fördern, berufliche Vernetzung zu vereinfachen, Zugang zu mehr Arbeitsfeldern zu erschließen und den Umfang der Personen und Institutionen, mit denen wir zusammenarbeiten, zu erweitern.
Wir denken, dass es jetzt an der Zeit ist, Frauen aus allen Generationen, religiösen Ausrichtungen und jeden kulturellen Hintergrunds zusammenzubringen. Ebenso wie Frauen in anderen Bereichen der Kreativwirtschaft (z.B. “Pro Quote Film” und “Burning Issues”-Konferenz) reagieren die Frauen in der jiddischen Kultur auf die derzeitige #Metoo-Debatte und ihre Auswirkungen auf das Arbeitsleben. Wir wollen einander unterstützen, um eine nachhaltige Veränderung zu erwirken, mit dem Ziel, Frauen Räume in bestehenden Netzwerken zu eröffnen und deren struktureller Benachteiligung von Frauen entgegenzutreten.
Das Treffen richtet sich explizit nicht gegen Männer, vielmehr wollen wir ohne Männer unsere Ideen aus Frauensicht diskutieren und uns nachhaltig miteinander vernetzen. Denn es ist an der Zeit, dass sich Frauen untereinander organisieren und sich stärker für ihre Forderungen einsetzen.

Wie ist der Ablauf des Treffens?
Unser Ansatz des Netzwerktreffens versteht sich als Kritik an den bestehenden Strukturen. Wir wollen so hierarchiefrei wie möglich arbeiten, auf Vorträge verzichten und uns deswegen in moderierten Arbeitsgruppen austauschen. Neben der inhaltlichen Arbeit wird es während des dreitägigen Treffens umfangreichen “Open Space” geben: Jams, informelle Diskussionsgruppen, informellen akademischen Austausch, kurz: anything goes. Die Ergebnisse der Arbeitsgruppen werden zum Abschluss des Treffens im Rahmen einer öffentlichen Podiumsdiskussion vorgestellt. Im Nachgang des Treffens sollen die Ergebnisse der Arbeitsgruppen im Internet veröffentlicht werden.
Alle weiteren Informationen erhaltet auf unserer Webpage (online ab Juli 2019) und hier auf facebook.
Stay tuned!
https://inemwyc.wordpress.com/
Herzliche Grüße

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