Yiddish Essays, Short Stories and Poems Set in Los Angeles

Rabbi Zachary Golden and Rabbi Henry Hollander will present selections from Yiddish essays, short stories and poems set in Los Angeles for Jewish American Heritage Month. Rabbi Hollander will introduce and Rabbi Golden will perform texts in the original Yiddish and English translation. 

Rabbi Henry Hollander was ordained at the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies as well as received a Masters in Education from the School of Education at American Jewish University. He has been a bookseller specializing in books of Jewish interest, with a specialty in Yiddish books, since the pre-internet age. 

Rabbi Zach Golden was ordained as a rabbi at the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies in Los Angeles in 2020. Alongside working at Der Nister, he was the Deputy Yiddish Editor of the Forward (Forverts) where he worked since 2021.

The presentation will take place in Meeting Room A of the Los Angeles Central Library on 630 W. 5th St.