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Live Interview with Jana Mazurkiewicz Meisarosh Followed by Der Nister's first Kabbalat Shabbat
We are very honored to have Jana over for an interview with Zach Golden. She is the founder and president of an emerging Yiddish cultural center start-up in La Jolla, CA called Yiddishland California, and an expert in Yiddish theatre, along with many other accomplishments.
Jana is originally from Poland, and has embraced Yiddish and the Jewish community as hers. She has worked tirelessly to set-up lower cost Yiddish classes online with leading scholars, and gathering a community to support her storefront, bring Poles from the community together with the local Jewish population to celebrate a common heritage and love.
In Zach's role as a journalist with the Forward, he's been diving deep into start-ups like hers (and Der Nister), figuring out what motivates them to go against the grain and champion Yiddish. But we are proud to call her and her organization our partners in reviving and celebrating Yiddish in California. After this interview at Der Nister, which will also be livestreamed, we will host our first Kabbalat Shabbat, with music, prayers and food. The interview will begin at 5:30 PM, and Kabbalat Shabbat will start at 7 PM on Friday, July 8th.
Interview and Kabbalat Shabbat
After the interview at Der Nister, which will also be livestreamed, we will host our first Kabbalat Shabbat, with music, prayers and food.
The interview will begin at 5:30 PM, and Kabbalat Shabbat will start at 7 PM on Friday, July 8th. Please register below.
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Der Nister Podcasts
Come spend your Shabbat morning with us at our traditional service followed by Kiddush, every Shabbat morning at 10:30 AM. The beauty of the space and the view help aide your spiritual engagement in the music and words of Torah that Rabbi Zach Golden and Henry Hollander give weekly.
Der Nister Podcasts
Der Nister Podcasts
Der Nister Podcasts
Der Nister has held a number of talks over the last few years - and you can hear them on our podcast Learning with Der Nister! Also, coming soon is a special program called the Der Nister Variety Hour - we look forward to its release.
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About Der Nister - דער נסתר
The Synagogue
Der Nister (Yiddish: The Hidden) is the collaboration of Henry Hollander, a Jewish bookseller and rabbinical student, and Zachary Golden, recently ordained rabbi. Located in Mr. Hollander's Spring St. bookstore, those who come will be surrounded by treasures of Jewish civilization - Jewish books that span the centuries, and beautiful views of the downtown skyline, deep learning and musical prayer.
Downtown Los Angeles
Though Downtown has incredible Jewish roots, recent years have brought new waves of Jews to Downtown as Downtown grew. Seeing that their numbers were not served, Der Nister was imagined as a way to meet the religious and communal needs of a community who call Downtown home.