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Divahn
May 11, Thursday @ 7:00 p.m (doors open at 6:30 pm)
Mo Pitkin's House of Satisfaction
34 Avenue A, Manhattan, NY
$10
www.mopitkins.com

This is an early show so come for dinner and take advantage of the fact that Mo Pitkins specializes in Judeo-Latino cooking (like Paella Maranno or the Cuban Reuben) as well as other (non-kosher) creative takes on Jewish cuisine such as Sadie's Vegetarian stuffed cabbage, matzoh ball soup with lokshin, borscht salad with goat cheese dressing, challah bread pudding, or the "Manischevetini" cocktail. Don't worry-they have more "regular" fare for the less adventurous.

It's a really great and intimate space so you might want to consider buying tickets in advance @:
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData& eventId=40589

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Don’t Knock Me a Teapot
Strange Yiddish Expressions and How They Got That Way

Michael Wex, Author of Born to Kvetch
Thursday, May 11, 2006 at 7:30 PM
UCLA Faculty Center
Pre-Registration is not required.
Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Yiddishkayt Los Angeles
E-mail Yiddishkayt Los Angeles
phone: 323-692-8151
web: www.yiddishkaytla.org

Presented by the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies
Sponsored by the Michael and Irene Ross Fund
Co-sponsored by Yiddishkayt Los Angeles

Novelist, playwright, lecturer, performer and authority on language and literature, Michael Wex has been called "a Yiddish national treasure" and "the finest Yiddish/ English translator around."

His most recent book, Born to Kvetch, provides a deadly accurate and wickedly funny overview of Yiddish language and culture from the Middle Ages to the present day. He reveals the real origins of well-known Jewish customs and explains how The Three Stooges helped bring Yiddish to millions of unsuspecting children.

Directions Enter the UCLA campus at Westholme and Hilgard and proceed to the parking kiosk where you can purchase a parking pass for 8 dollars. Parking attendants will direct you to Lot 2, adjacent to the Faculty Center. For a campus map, click here.

Yiddishkayt Los Angeles
E-mail Yiddishkayt Los Angeles
phone: 323-692-8151
web: www.yiddishkaytla.org

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