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Evening/Special Events Announced!

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Book of J - Jewlia Eisenberg & Jeremiah Lockwood
Book of J – Jewlia Eisenberg & Jeremiah Lockwood

We’re excited to announce the calendar of Special Events for the second annual Yiddish New York, which is being held from Saturday, December 24 – Thursday, December 29, with pre-festival events starting on Thursday, December 8. Special events include dance parties, concerts, lectures, historical neighborhood walking tours and more!

This year’s events feature a host of leading performers of Yiddish Arts, including Grammy-winning trumpeter Frank London (The Klezmatics); acclaimed Montreal rapper Socalled; Smithsonian Folkways recording artists The Brothers Nazaroff which features Daniel Kahn (Berlin), Psoy Korolenko (Moscow), Bob Cohen (Budapest) and Jake Shulman-Ment (Brooklyn); ECM recording artist Judith Berkson; internationally celebrated cantor Jack Mendelson; two projects of guitarist/singer Jeremiah Lockwood – his acclaimed ensemble The Sway Machinery, and the Book of J, a new collaboration with singer Jewlia Eisenberg; NEA National Heritage Fellow/percussionist Elaine Hoffman Watts and her daughter Susan Hoffman Watts; renowned Yiddish singer Zhenya Lopatnik – a new transplant to New York from Kharkiv, Ukraine; and acclaimed clarinetist Michael Winograd. The centerpiece event will be the Adrienne Cooper Memorial Dreaming in Yiddish Concert, which will be held at 8pm Sunday evening December 25 at the Museum of Jewish Heritage (36 Battery Place). This year’s Dreaming in Yiddish Concert will honor poet Irena Klepfisz.

Admission to events is included with registration for 6-day pass holders. Tickets will go on sale soon for individual concerts. To see the calendar click here.

For information on YNY’s Daytime Programs at 14th Street Y click here.

Introducing Yiddish New York

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Registration is Open! Saturday, December 22 to Thursday, December 27, 2018

THE FOURTH ANNUAL YIDDISH NEW YORK (YNY)

A FESTIVAL CELEBRATING YIDDISH MUSIC, LANGUAGE, AND CULTURE ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE!

Photo: Eric McGregor
Photo: Eric McGregor

Yiddish New York celebrates and engages with East European Jewish (and other Jewish and co-territorial) traditions to foster new creativity, building bridges across borders– a culture under construction! Drawing inspiration from the historic cultural riches of Manhattan’s Lower East Side, Yiddish New York is an intergenerational gathering featuring daily workshops in klezmer music, Yiddish dance, song, and a broad spectrum of performances and programming in Yiddish language, arts, history, and culture. Yiddish New York evenings feature concerts, dance parties, and jam sessions at clubs and other venues around this vibrant neighborhood.

To keep tuition costs as affordable as possible (under $500), Yiddish New York is a non-residential event. The center of activities is the 14th St. Y (344 East 14th Street, between 1st and 2nd Avenues) and the adjacent Town and Village Synagogue, easily accessible by public transportation. Participants will make their own arrangements for transportation, housing and meals. Yiddish New York has created on-line boards encouraging sharing rides and housing. Click here for registration information.

Photo: Basil Rodericks
Photo: Basil Rodericks

Yiddish New York reaches out to participants of all ages and backgrounds. The Kids/Teens program offers reduced fees to encourage the participation of families with children, and create innovative interdisciplinary projects designed to engage the next generation of Yiddish artists.

Yiddish New York offers programs on klezmer music, Yiddish song, Yiddish dance, theater, Yiddish language, Yiddish culture and history, visual arts, and culinary arts, as well as films, neighborhood walking tours, and more!

Mission: Yiddish New York (YNY) nurtures a diverse international and intergenerational community committed to the celebration and creation of art, scholarship and social activism informed by Yiddish culture. Drawing upon the cultural riches of New York City, YNY’s December workshop/festival program provides a gathering place for community members to join together and deepen their engagement with Yiddish culture

Yiddish New York is fiscally sponsored by The Center for Traditional Music and Dance. To support Yiddish New York, please click here.