Past events

Paul Schoenfield (1947-2024) was a unique and brilliant musician of decidedly American Jewish Experience.  A virtuoso concert pianist and hugely gifted composer, his music — a fascinating mashup of klezmer/Hasidic, liturgical, jazz, bluegrass, blues and Americana —  is well represented in the Milken Archive.

Join the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music an as we welcome guest pianist José Raul López for an evening of music by 19th century Jewish composers. Entitled "Stars of David", the evening will feature works by Felix Mendelssohn, Ferdinand Hiller, Fanny Hensel, Benjamin Godard, Charles Valentin Alkan, Julius Schulhoff, and Charles Valentin Alkan. As UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music's Head of Piano, we appreciate Inna Faliks' facilitation of this event for the school.

“Mostly Kosher is klezmer music to heal the soul!” - LA Weekly  Mostly Kosher is a musical feast that explodes into a cultural global food-fight of Jazz, Latin, Rock, and Folk

An interview with Alicia Svigals, one of the many Jewish leaders Cantor Ken Cohen has interviewed. This project aims to inspire a new conversation within the Jewish community—one that is driven by curiosity, love, and a commitment to listening to each person's story.

An interview with Alicia Svigals, one of the many Jewish leaders Cantor Ken Cohen has interviewed. This project aims to inspire a new conversation within the Jewish community—one that is driven by curiosity, love, and a commitment to listening to each person's story.

The Ancient Law is a special cine-concert event, with live original music composed and performed by world-renowned klezmer violinist Alicia Svigals and celebrated silent film pianist Donald Sosin, part of the Funny Thing Happened On the Way To the Synagogue - Conference at UCLA.

Alicia Svigals, Donald Sosin, Ronald Robboy "The Ancient Law"

Alicia Svigals, Donald Sosin, Ronald Robboy "The Ancient Law"

Holly Replogle-Wong On Oscar Levant and Autonomy

Jeff Janeczko "Immigrant Song"

Adam Millstein with Alice Yoo: Lecture-Recital

Ronald Robboy "Through the Looking Glass"

Paul Lerner Performing Exile, Performing Nostalgia: Viennese Kleinkunsttheater on Broadway, 1939-1941

Samantha Madison Cooper "Our Co Religionists"

Danielle Stein Crossing Enemy Lines: Jewish Émigré Artists and the United States Office of Strategic Clandestine, Transnational Broadcasts

Jeremiah Lockwood "Daughter of a Lost Tribe"

Ruthie Abelovich "From Synagouge to Stage: How Yiddish Theatre Transformed Cultural Memory"

David Meyers "Reflections on Jewish Culture"

Daniela Smolov Levy: Closing Remarks

Raymond Knapp & Mark Kligman "Intimacy, Music, & Dramaturgy Fiddler on the Roof"

Through presentations and musical performances, this three-day conference examines how Jews’ construction and crossings of ideological and geographical boundaries reveal their liminal position as people caught between worlds.