SoCal Arbeter Ring/Workers Circle Events

SoCal AR/WC is a leading progressive Secular/Cultural Jewish organization in Los Angeles with a special but non-exclusive emphasis on the often-overlooked Eastern European heritage of Jewish-Americans: Yiddish language, literature and culture. We sponsor classes, concerts, exhibits, lectures, plays and much more that reflects that heritage.

For more information, email circlesocal@gmail.com or call (310) 552-2007.

Ongoing Programs

Yiddish classes

Check our home page periodically for up-to-date information on when our new sessions start.

Voices of Conscience

Do you like to sing a bisl? Our Voices of Conscience social justice chorus creatively melds ideas, ideals, and ideologies into peaceful protest with four-part harmonies. The repertoire includes songs in English, Yiddish, and other languages, addressing social issues such as war and peace, human rights, gender rights, the environment, labor, etc.

For more information, email circlesocal@gmail.com or call (310) 552-2007.

Yiddish Sing-Along

Headed by song leader Tricia Stoddard and accompanied by Ruth Judkowitz, our mostly monthly Yiddish Sing-Along is always fun. You don’t have to know Yiddish to join in. We provide the lyrics in transliteration and in the original Yiddish for those who read der alef-beyz. Current dates are always listed on our home page.

A Shenere Velt Gallery

Our gallery features the creative work of Jewish and other artists whose themes, broadly conceived, are consistent with our concerns in the areas of Yiddish culture, education, friendship, mutual aid, and the pursuit of social and economic justice.

For more information, email circlesocal@gmail.com or call (310) 552-2007.

Library

Our library is one of our most special offerings. We have a large collection of Yiddish literature in Yiddish and English, extensive histories of the labor movement, the Bund, and the Jewish experience, and much more.

For more information, email circlesocal@gmail.com or call (310) 552-2007.

Contemporary/Relevant Jewish Holiday Observances

As Jewish cultural traditions have always evolved, we adapt them to meet the needs of the 21st century. Among our communal observances are rosheshone (Rosh Hashana), kolnidre (Kol Nidre) yonkiper (Yom Kipur), khanike (Hanuka), peysakh (Passover), the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, and the Soviet Yiddish Writers Memorial. Click here to read more or give us a call today or e-mail!