Duo bring the songs of Calcutta to Jewish Music Week
Unlike many Jews around the world, the 5,000 or so who lived in Calcutta up until India won its independence from Britain in 1947, were part of a tolerant society.
The auspicious situation the Jews...
IGY, from Israel, and JQY, from NY, win $150,000 from UJA-Federation of New York
Israel Gay Youth (IGY) from Israel and Jewish Queer Youth (JQY) from New York were named the winners today of the $150,000 "It's All in the Family" campaign by UJA-Federation of New York. More than 10,000...
Yiddish Flavors of Love: A Musical Celebration
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Sunday, June 16, 2019
3:00 p.m.
YIDDISH FLAVORS OF LOVE:
A MUSICAL CELEBRATION
performed by
The Jewish People's Philharmonic Chorus / JPPC
Binyumen Schaechter, Conductor
Seth Weinstein, Pianist
ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS PROVIDED
Merkin Concert Hall, 129 West 67th Street, New York...
An Unexpected Side to Yiddish Theater
Mitzi Manna, an international star of the Yiddish stage, has appeared in basements everywhere from Berlin and Bucharest to the Bronx and back. She is thrilled to at last be telling her tale for...
The NY Cantors perform live at SummerStage
In Association with Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage,
National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene at the Museum of Jewish Heritage — A Living Memorial to the Holocaust
presents.
The New York Cantors (as seen on PBS)
Yaakov (Yanky) Lemmer, Azi Schwartz, and...
San Diego-area school holds ‘Blue and White’ day to raise money for Poway victims
Once again, it will be “Blue and White” day this coming Friday at the Bellus Academy in San Diego County.
Students will dress in blue and white, contribute $2 a piece, and tell customers at...
Yale Strom’s composition SONG OF SONGS will premiere with San Diego Ballet
Yale Strom's composition SONG OF SONGS will premiere with San Diego Ballet May 24-26 as part of the San Diego Jewish Arts Festival at the Lyceum Theatre.
Featured musicians are: Elizabeth Schwartz - vocals, Alex...
“Mirele Efros” is now being presented for the first time anywhere in the world in...
The Yiddish theater classic, Mirele Efros, which Haaretz calls “unquestionably the representative play of Yiddish Theater” is now being presented for the first time anywhere in the world in English translation, as The Jewish...
Madonna to perform at Eurovision finals in Tel Aviv
The Michigan-born music icon Madonna will perform two songs, including one from her upcoming album, at the Eurovision Song Contest grand finale in Tel Aviv on May 18, announced Israeli public broadcaster KAN and...
Jews and Muslims remember victims of 1992 Khojaly genocide in Azerbaijan
The American Sephardi Federation and the Muslim American Leadership Alliance of New York held a special event last week remembering victims of the 1992 Khojaly genocide in Azerbaijan.
The ceremony was in memory of the 613...