Klezmatics to receive Yosl Mlotek Award, NYC, 11 May 2009
KLEZMATICS TO BE HONORED WITH YOSL MLOTEK MEMORIAL PRIZE FOR
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION OF YIDDISH AND YIDDISH CULTURE
Monday, May 11, 6pm for the 4th annual memorial concert in honor of the late Yiddish educator, writer, and community leader Yosl Mlotek, to be held at the Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street.
The Yosl Mlotek Memorial Prize for outstanding contribution to the perpetuation of Yiddish and Yiddish culture will be awarded to the Grammy Award winning pioneers of the international Klezmer revival The Klezmatics, and to Dr. Barney Zumoff, a leader of numerous Yiddish cultural organizations and a noted translator of Yiddish poetry and literature.
There will be a performance of the program "Der Zinger Fun Zayn Folk" a celebration of the life and work of the great Yiddish troubadour Mordechai Gebirtig, written by Yosl Mlotek when he was Education Director of The Workmen's Circle.
Admission is free. A reservation is required.
Please RSVP to Jackie Kostalos
This program is being organized by the Yosl Mlotek Family Foundation.
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