A screening of: Poland is not yet lost, as long as we are alive!

May 19 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm at Pan’s Garden 506 21st St San Diego, CA 92102 and online on Zoom

We are inviting you for a screening of a play “Poland is not yet lost as long as we are alive”, is a satirical, futuristic vision of the Polish reality, in which the state of Israel has been destroyed and three million Israeli Jews have returned as refugees to Poland. In this alternative reality, the Polish president is movie star Maciej Stuhr (played by the actual Maciej Stuhr) who himself made the decision to convert to Judaism, inspiring 4 million non-Jewish Poles to follow suit and convert themselves. Poland, now a country with over 7 million Jews, is on the eve of the referendum vote to determine whether Poland will become the new Jewish state. 

Yiddish Theater Bilingual Reading & Discussion

December 18 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm at Boston’s Workers Circle

Let’s read and analyze the forgotten Yiddish play “Kraft” (“Power”) by Leah K. Hofman. We will explore it in both English and Yiddish, delving into its themes and symbolism. The play, published in 1930, examines civilization’s evolution through personifications like Electricity overpowering Steam and Madam Cinema outshining the Radio. Its sole human character, the Slave, reveals the enduring patterns of societal dynamics through his naïve questioning.

What is Yiddish? What is Yiddishland?

A Free Interactive Presentation by Jana Mazurkiewicz Meisarosh – please email us at  info@yiddishland.ca to book!

Yiddish language and culture is a seemingly unquenchable spring of inspiration for the analytical and the creative mind. Contemporary artists are able to draw from these multifaceted texts, images and memories to create meaningful art today. Jana Mazurkiewicz Meisarosh – the founder of the Yiddish Arts and Academics Association of North America – will take you through a brief history of Yiddish, Yiddishland, and the imperative of its legacy for imagining a sustainable creative community.