Event Announcements and Recaps

The Story Behind “Fiddler” – A FREE Online Course

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Harvard Professor Ruth Wisse teaches Sholem Aleichem’s Tevye the Dairyman Discover Tevye—the most well-known Jew in fiction—in a whole new light. Dive into the rich, complex, and wonderfully entertaining world…

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Apply by October 30 for the Translation Fellowship

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We are excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for the 2020 Yiddish Book Center Translation Fellowship. Each year since 2013, the Fellowship has brought together a cohort…

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“The Talmud” is a theatrical adventure presented by New York’s leading experimental theater

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ARE YOU AN ADVENTUROUS THEATER LOVER? SUPPORT OUR MOST CREATIVE ARTISTS AND CREATORS Target-Margin’s Doxsee Theater is leading the cultural revitalization of Brooklyn’s Sunset Park, and has long supported an…

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Annual Fischmann Family Distinguished Lecture

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Welcome the CIYCL Showcase of Contemporary Yiddish Culture 2019-20! Two Great Events – September 21 & 23, 2019 Toyola Marymount University Jewish Studies presents the ANNUAL FISCHMANN FAMILY DISTINGUISHED LECTURE…

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Yiddish Music & Poetry with a Latin Beat

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Welcome the CIYCL Showcase of Contemporary Yiddish Culture 2019-20! Two Great Events – September 21 & 23, 2019 Sepember 21 8 PM Yiddish Music & Poetry with a Latin Beat One of…

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“Fiddler in Yiddish”, You’ll love “Yiddish Flavors of Love”!

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Sunday, September 15, 2019 The “Ides” of September 3:00 p.m. Performed by The Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus / JPPC Binyumen Schaechter, Conductor Seth Weinstein, Pianist ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS PROVIDED Merkin Concert…

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Barry Manilow Musical Announced

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National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene at the Museum of Jewish Heritage A Living Memorial to the Holocaust Edmond J. Safra Plaza 36 Battery Place New York, NY 10280 BOX OFFICE 212-213-2120…

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The Greatest Yiddish Writer You’ve Never Heard Of: Yankev Dinezon

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The 19th-century author Jacob Dinezon is credited with writing the first bestselling novel in Yiddish. His heartrending works vividly portrayed the difficult issues confronting Jewish communities in the Russian Empire: arranged marriages,…

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Jewish Bucket List: Yiddish Immersion

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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…

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Don’t Miss Hannah Senesh

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HANNAH SENESH (a play with music and song) Previews July 24 – 28; Performances July 29 – August 18, 2019 An award-winning play. Written and Directed by David Schechter. Developed…

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