(New York Jewish Week) – Like many great ideas, “The Mamales,” a Yiddish singing group, began on a summer night at a bar on the Lower East Side. The women who make up the trio, Maya Jacobson, Raquel ...

(New York Jewish Week) — Last fall, when Binyumen Shaechter started putting together the 2023 repertoire for the Yiddish Philharmonic Chorus, he thought an apt theme and title would be “Chutzpah!

(New York Jewish Week) — This summer, New Yorkers will have the opportunity to hear their favorite Yiddish songs under the stars — and sing along at the same time. “It’s completely new this year,” ...

One of the smash hits of New York’s thriving Yiddish theater scene in the early 20th century grappled with socio-political ...

No, you’re not seeing double. Clad in matching outfits, Yiddish singing duo The Shvesters (Yiddish for “The Sisters”) regularly perform to an audience of thousands on social media, currently sitting ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A familiar face returns to Columbia next week, carrying with him a sound that's both ingrained and — till now — has gone unsung.

Due to our distance from large, urban areas which offer more opportunities for cultural experiences, our small Jewish ...

Cookie Blattman is doing her part to keep the Yiddish language and culture alive and well! I heard Cookie sing for the first time at a Child Survivors/Hidden Children of the Holocaust meeting in Boca ...

People have been responding to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza in many ways - some by donating money to humanitarian projects, others by protesting. Earlier this month, a fundraising album of songs ...

The recently produced film Immigrant Songs: Yiddish Theater and the American Jewish Experience depicts one of the most delightful yet often overlooked chapters of American Jewish cultural history.