KLEZKLEVELAND
KlezKanada is going on right now. Come on, America, let’s compete against the Canadians. Let’s do a full-blown Midwest klez conference. Not in Chicago, thank you, and not in some bubble town like Madison, Wisc., or Ann Arbor, Mich.
KlezKleveland. Where exactly? My house.
Accommodations: tent camping on my front lawn. There will be shower trucks and port-a-potties in the driveway. Don Johns — only the best.
Gentiles welcome, of course.
Do I need to play an instrument to attend?
No.
Do I need to know Yiddish?
Just chutzpah and putz.
Faculty?
Maybe.
Sports?
Spinning to the music of KnishKnash, a NYC band.
Teen activities?
Yes. Teens will put on a play about scrap and Midwest Jews, based on Leonard Tanenbaum’s memoir, Junk is not a Four-Letter Word.
KlezKleveland ends with a fireworks display over Shaker Lakes. Look for a KlezKleveland flyer in your mailbox. Look for the next eight years.
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Let’s do it, and if KlezKleveland works out then we can do “Yiddish Youngstown” next. Then “Mentshn in Mansfield.” Oh, the possibilities…..
I would come to that!
Don’t neglect to run this through the Planning Commission, Landmark Commission, Architectural Review Board, Cleveland Heights Historical Society Board, and Shaker Lakes Duck and Goose Preservation Organization before you get too far with the planning!
West-siders ,I hope, will be able to attend.
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