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Joel Berkowitz (SUNY Albany)
"False Messiahs in Yiddish Historical Drama" (ENGLISH) Thursday, June 15 (postponed from May 18!) 7:00 PM
Center for Jewish History
15 West 16 Street
New York, NY 10011
Kovno Room
Please contact the CJH Theater Box Office
phone: (917) 606-8200
KAVEHOYZ (Coffee House) with Rabbi Leyzer Abarbanel."
Hassidic
Songs, New and Old"
Thursday, June 15th, 2006@7pm
$8.
At the Congress for Jewish Culture, 25 East 21st Street, 1fl, New
York, NY 10010
HOW TO GET THERE: 6, R, W, F to '23 Street'
The Central Queens YM & YWHM Presents Freilach in the Park staring Golem and Three Yiddish Diva's in their Queen's debut.
Golem is a young, hip, widely acclaimed NY-based klezmer/rock band transforms the music of its Jewish-Yiddish grandparents, making it modern, edgy, and sexy. Golem has infused the world music scene with a breath of fresh air from Eastern Europe with a powerfully vibrant sound.
Three Yiddish Diva's. Three magnificent voices. Three thrilling performers. Joanne Borts, Broadway Diva; Adrienne Cooper, Concert Stage Diva and Theresa Tova, Jazz-Cabaret Diva, blend their multilingual repertoire and phenomenal talents into a sophisticated, emotionally charged and stunningly powerful concert. Joining the Divas is the masterful Dan Rosengard.
The Gala is on June 15th at 7:30 pm at Queens Theatre in the Park, Flushing, New York. Tickets are from $36 to $100. From more information call 718-265-5011 or visit Freilach in the Park.
Pharaoh's Daughter
** Thursday, June 15th 8p.m. ** (Cleveland, Ohio)
Maltz Jewish Museum of Heritage
$12 in advance $15/door
At Temple Tifereth-Israel, Beachwood
216-593-0575
Yiddish Café proudly presents:
"An Evening of Yiddish Song and Poetry"
Thursday, June 15, 2006 at 8:00 p.m.
Jewish Public Library, 5151 Côte Ste-Catherine, Montreal
Admission: $7 JPL members, $10 non-members
For information, please call (514) 345-2627 ext. 3006
or advance tickets call (514) 345-6416
www.jewishpubliclibrary.org
Montreal, May 17, 2006—Join us for the final Yiddish Café of the season with an evening of poetry and song. Open to everyone who loves music and laughter.
The Jewish Public Library, founded in Montreal in 1914, is committed to encouraging and promoting the Yiddish language, culture and literature, by collecting and preserving Yiddish materials, and by presenting a variety of cultural events.
Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi return to Barbes after their last sold-out show. Strom (violin) has been hailed as "a leading light of the klezmer revival" (Time Out) and "a folk roots trip unto himself" (Dirty Linen). Hot Pstromi is rounded out by all-stars Elizabeth Schwartz (vocals), Norbert Stachel (reeds), Peter Stan (accordion) and very special guests, percussionist David Licht (of the Klezmatics) and bassist Nikki Parrott (David Krakauer's Klezmer Madness). $10 376 9th St. (corner of 6th Ave.) Park Slope, Brooklyn 718.965.9177
Thursday evening, June 15
8.30 pm at YUNG YiDiSH
Jerusalem Rehov Yermiyahu 52, Romema, Jerusalem [35/50 NIS]
in cooperation with HOTAM - Cultural events for the Hebrew Book Week
A festive Yiddish concert, with songs from the new Anthology "Vort un
Nign" (word and melody): Yiddish Poetry in Leybu Levin's creativity.
with screenings of some unique and rare archive material of Leibu Levin
reciting in Yiddish and with the participation of the Ruth Levin, Avishay
Fisz, Lev Levin - song and recitation and Regina Driker by the piano
YUNG YiDISH is still collecting YIDDISH books, RECORDS, NEWSPAPERS AND
MAGAZINES from all over israel. If you wish to donate, please write to us
at books@yiddish.co.il or call 03/5290442. We can come to take them.
YUNG YiDiSH is a non-profit organisation, since 1993, dedicated to
preserve, disseminate and promote Yiddish culture and creativity We
collect Yiddish books, create libraries and produce cultural and
educational events. Founder and Director: Mendy Cahan
www.yiddish.co.il fax: 03 5298660 phone for information: 03 5290442 or
three hours before a YY Jerusalem event you may phone to : 02 5001395
The Ballad of Monish
June 10-18 only at the
MILE END CULTURAL CENTER
5390 St-Laurent
SATURDAY JUNE 10TH 4:00pm
SUNDAY JUNE 11TH 7:45pm
WEDNESDAY JUNE 14TH 11:30pm
THURSDAY JUNE 15TH 9:45 pm
SATURDAY JUNE 17TH 12:15 pm
SUNDAY JUNE 18TH 8:45 pm
TICKETS $9.00 CHILDREN $4.00
St-Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival
Marty Green performs his musical version of Peretz's famous Yiddish poem, a Faustian spoof about a Talmudic prodigy led astray by the Devil.
"...a cross-cultural tour-de-force." (Jewish Post)
"exuberant, creative...yet scholarly!" (Canadian Jewish News)
"...a truly enjoyable evening!" (Winnipeg Press Club News)