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Midwest Yiddishfest - Kugel and Klezmer Finale Event

Event Type
Ceremony/Service
Sponsor
The Program in Jewish Culture & Society, CU Jewish Federation
Location
Activities & Recreation Center (ARC), Multipurpose Room 7
Date
Nov 16, 2025   10:00 am - 6:00 pm  
Contact
Alex Lyon
E-Mail
allyon2@illinois.edu

Celebrate the festival’s grand finale with a kugel cook-off and taste-off! Featuring a performance by our local Papashoy Klezmer Band and guest judges Gioconda Guerra Perez (UIUC Interim Vice Chancellor of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion), Deb Feinen (Mayor of Champaign), and Deshawn Williams (Mayor of Urbana), competitors will vie for the People's Choice and Judges' Choice awards - Click here to enter your own kugel.

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