Mark Kligman

I Study Jewish Music and am on Faculty at UCLA

[Mark Kligman @MarkKligman1]

I completed the July challenge faster than 87.7% of all learners on Duolingo!

[Mark Kligman @MarkKligman1]

Learning Yiddish

[Judea Pearl @yudapearl]

What's wrong with the NYT piece on UCLA? It says: The melee began when a group of counterprotesters started tearing away metal barriers..."
Wrong! The melee began 6 days earlier with an encampment that was far from "peaceful". My description of events goes as follows:
Chancellor Block has shared this message with the UCLA community: https://t.co/jhlTWj1dds… He summarizes the situation fairly accurately, with one important exception. President Drake's plan to calm protests by limiting law enforcement was based on a totally mistaken assessment of the mentality and aims of the encampment protesters. Whereas previous UC protests were aimed at getting the attention of authorities, these new protesters's aim has been to marginalize, malign and intimidate Jewish students and faculty on the same UC campus. It led to the peaceful counter rally of Sunday noon, April 28, organized by the Israeli American Council (IAC).
This rally has changed public perception of the protest, unmasked its racist anti-Zionist character and made the Chancellor declare the encampment unlawful. In summary, Drake was wrong and IAC was right.

Unfortunately, the declaration of unlawfulness was not followed with a firm ultimatum, time table and Police presence, and that led to the horrible and condemnable riots the night of May 1st. I've joined the other Faculty Groups in condemning those riots, regardless of who the perpetrators were. I have emphasized however that the violence would have been avoided had UCLA taken stronger and timely action against the unlawful and racist encampment.

[Judea Pearl @yudapearl]

Why? Because most people do not grasp how ingenious fascism really is -- it does work. Hard to believe, but it does work, scoring victory after victory, until people wake up and find it's too late. Campus encampment is its first victory.

[Mark Kligman @MarkKligman1]

I completed the February challenge faster than 87.1% of all learners on Duolingo!

[Mark Kligman @MarkKligman1]

I completed the July challenge faster than 89.3% of all learners on Duolingo!

[Mark Kligman @MarkKligman1]

Join us for a three part lecture series titled: New World Negotiations of Old World Jewish Identities. An investigation of Jewish music in America.

First lecture by Randall Goldberg:

May 3rd at 11:00am, free online lecture

https://t.co/6DNI8HVpeN

[Mark Kligman @MarkKligman1]

thanks to PJ Grisar for nice coverage of our Music and Justice concert and programs at UCLA

How one of the giants of jazz composed a hymn for Black-Jewish unity https://t.co/jA2zoe2Ciy

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In advance of our Music and Social Justice program Feb. 26-28 we invite you to join us for "Conversations on Music & Justice." On Feb. 15th at 11am PT / 2pm ET Chris Brubeck and Neal Stulberg will be in conversation with music activist Garrtt McQueen.
https://t.co/IXj4bZWJcE

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Music and Justice Concert, featuring Dave Brubeck's "The Gates of Justice" https://t.co/IHqs2UpcPM

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A year learning Yiddish

[Mark Kligman @MarkKligman1]

I completed the November challenge faster than 86.6% of all learners on Duolingo!

[Jewish Studies and Music Study Group @JewishMusStudy]

A reminder about our group’s upcoming sessions at AMS-SEM-SMT:
"The American Southern Jewish Experience through Music in New Orleans"
Thursday, 8pm, Commerce

Joint Business Meeting, AMS JSMSG + SEM SIG for Jewish Music
Friday, 12:30, Grand Ballroom

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[Mark Kligman @MarkKligman1]

Come hear some beautiful late medieval Italian Jewish Music at UCLA Hillel Sunday Oct 30 at 4:00. I am honored to introduce the performers Doron Schleifer and Corina Marti

https://t.co/qYjC4LjBI8