International concert of Yiddish workers’ songs online
אַפֿילו פֿאַר דער קאָראָנאַ־ווירוס תּקופֿה האָט דער „אַרבעטער־רינג“ געהאַלטן אין איין אָרגאַניזירן אינטערנעץ־קלאַסן און רעפֿעראַטן אויף ייִדיש, ווי אויך קלאַסן וואָס טרעפֿן זיך פּנים־אַל־פּנים אין זײַן לאָקאַל אין מאַנהעטן. אויף די ניו־יאָרקער גאַסן איז...
A muzikalisher ovnt of Yiddish mit internatzionale zinguers
Listen and enjoy the quality and content of the world Yiddish music concert organized by Chivis Bialik with Bet-el México for everyone!
A muzikalisher ovnt of Yiddish mit internatzionale zinguers. A musical night in Yiddish...
“Baby It’s Cold Outside” in Yiddish! – קעצעלע, ס’ברענט דער פֿראָסט
Music and original English lyrics: Frank Loesser (1910-1969)
Yiddish lyrics: Binyumen Schaechter (2015)
Performed by Cantor Joshua Breitzer and Donna Breitzer
Piano accompaniment by Seth Weinstein
Filmed live in performance
June 5, 2016 • Symphony Space, NYC
as part of...
Daniel Kahn presents “Yiddish Blues in Berlin”
Featuring new and old songs of hope and despair in Yiddish and English. The Detroit-born and Berlin-based Kahn has toured the world as a singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, translator, and teacher.
He originated the role of Pertshik...
Yiddish Summer Weimar 2019. The Weimar Republic of Yiddishland July 12 – August 17
Registration for Yiddish Summer Weimar workshops is open and advance ticket sales have begun!
In 2019 we recognize the 100th anniversary of the beginnings of the Weimar Republic. To celebrate the almost unimaginable outpouring of...
Jewish Bucket List: Yiddish Immersion
The stage was set. The musicians played. The featured performer read Yiddish poems accompanied by klezmer music. The crowd was excited. I was, too. The whole experience gave off the vibe of being in...
July 24: Abraham Goldfaden, the “father of modern Yiddish theater,” was born in Russia
Abraham Goldfaden, the “father of modern Yiddish theater,” was born in Russia (today’s Ukraine) on this date in 1840. Goldfaden was a poet in Hebrew and Yiddish, many of whose poems were set to...
Cantor Moshe Ganchoff, Pulitzer Prize-Winner Julia Wolfe, A Jazz Schwing, and more
Cantor Moshe Ganchoff reflects on a life in the cantorate. Interview by Neil W. Levin, Jacob Mendelsohn, Nathan Lam, Alberto Mizrahi, Noah Schall, and Daniel Gildar. Milken Archive oral history excerpt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC-Mt5qKuSQ
Chana Roth – “Shtil Di Nakht’ (Partisan’s song in Yiddish)
This is a Partisan's song - a partizaner lid - composed by H.Glik and performed in circa mid-60's by Israeli singer Hannah/Chana Roth. SHTIL DI NAKHT in yiddish means "The night is still". From...
WATCH: Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman’s powerful “Ballad of September 11”
הײַיאָר, בעת די וועלט מערקט אָפּ דעם 20סטן יאָרצײַט פֿון די טעראָריסטישע אַטאַקן אויפֿן וועלטהאַנדל־צענטער אין ניו־יאָרק, האָט דער פֿאָרווערטס פֿאַרבעטן די האָלענדישע ייִדישע זינגערין, לוסעט וואַן דען בערג, צו רעקאָרדירן די רירנדיקע „באַלאַדע...