As Programming Director at Yiddishkayt, I presented Psoy Korolenko in a sold-out, standing room only show at Genghis Cohen on June 4th, 2011. His performance took the crowd on a journey through Yiddishlands real and imagined. Psoy is a lexicological prankster, comically switching between...
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This deeply personal short was produced while a student at UCLA. It chronicles my inner challenges related to my Jewish identity as expressed through my facial hair.
Yiddishkayt: Serious...
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This Sholem Aleichem flyer was distributed at our presentation of Sholem Aleichem: Laughing through the Darkness. The altered image of the author was inspired by Andy Warhol’s series “Ten Jews” and the text “If I were a Yiddishkaytnik” is an homage to Fiddler and...
The New Yiddishkayt....
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In August, 2011, I unveiled the new yiddishkayt.org, built on top of WordPress. The site features an interactive featured events slider, new modules for donations and e-mail capture and many other features. The homepage: The Events...
Wesley Ryan Pinkham is known among some circles for having reasonably good taste, an idea of what's going on and the ability to make things that look good. He resides in Echo Park, close to his beloved Dodgers, the excitement of Downtown and the deliciousness of Koreatown.