July is finally here. The temperature outside is heating up and so are our Folksbiene! LIVE shows. All start at 1 PM ET and can be viewed anytime after that at NYTF.org/live. July 7th, test your knowledge once again with Mikhl Yashinsky and The Great Yiddish Theatre Quiz (Vos-Ver-Vu) – Part Tsvey. Enjoy this friendly competition for fabulous Folksbiene prizes and […]
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Join Rukhl Schaechter, editor of the Forverts, as she explores the growing interest in Yiddish music, with singers Lorin Sklamberg, Daniel Kahn, Sarah Gordon, Michael Alpert and folksong maven Itzik Gottesman – and hear them sing the songs that audiences love to hear.
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The Great Thinkers Yale Strom: From Rajisthan to the World, the History and Culture of the Roma Online Class This program is taking place remotely. If you have signed up, you will receive an email with details of how to access the program. If we are able to offer an in-person version of this class […]
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More than 5,000 people tuned in to the virtual “Battle of the Singers,” featuring well-known Jewish entertainers Benny Friedman and Mordechai Shapiro, and sponsored by the Orthodox Union’s Yachad leading organization for individuals with disabilities in the Orthodox community. The June 16 concert raised $150,000 towards the cause. It also featured Meir Kay as its […]
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Vera Lynn, who sang the songs that touched the hearts and lifted the spirits of Britons from the bomb-blitzed streets of London and Coventry to the sands of North Africa and the jungles of Burma during World War II, died on Thursday at her home in Sussex, England. She was 103. Her death was confirmed […]
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במשך פֿון די לעצטע עטלעכע חדשים האָבן אָנלײַן־קאָנצערטן פֿון ייִדישן געזאַנג צוגעצויגן טויזנטער צוהערער. כּדי בעסער צו פֿאַרשטיין דעם פֿענאָמען וועט שׂרה־רחל שעכטער, די רעדאַקטאָרין פֿונעם פֿאָרווערטס, אָנפֿירן מיט אַ פּאַנעל פֿון באַקאַנטע ייִדישע זינגער וווּ מע וועט אַרומרעדן די פֿראַגע, „פֿאַר וואָס זענען ייִדישע לידער הײַנט אַזוי פּאָפּולער?‟ מע וועט אויך זינגען עטלעכע ייִדישע […]
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Sometimes, even the most adult person just wishes their mom could make it stop hurting. Desire to honor his late mother has prompted one New York City man to organize a concert in her memory at a time when much of the world needs comfort. Journalist Alan Zeitlin, who suffers from Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, […]
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Special Event “We Are Here: A Celebration of Resilience, Resistance, and Hope” Featuring Governor Andrew Cuomo, Whoopi Goldberg, Renée Fleming, Adrien Brody, Billy Joel, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Lang Lang, Joyce DiDonato, Lea Salonga, Lauren Ambrose, and many others The Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, Sing for […]
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די יערלעכע „פּוליצער־פּריזן“, וואָס ווערן אויסגעטיילט פֿון קאָלומביע־אוניווערסיטעט, זענען מסתּמא די חשובֿסטע אַמעריקאַנער פּרעמיעס לכּבֿוד דער אַרבעט פֿון זשורנאַליסטן. קאָלומביע־אוניווערסיטעט טיילט אויך אויס „פּוליצערס“ פֿאַר אויסגעצייכנטע ביכער און מוזיקאַלישע קאָמפּאָזיציעס. להיפּוך צו כּמעט אַלע באַרימטע פּריזן אַזוי ווי די אָסקאַרס און גרעמיס, וואָס לאָזן וויסן פֿון פֿריִער וועלעכע אַקטיאָרן צי מוזיקער מע האָט נאָמינירט, ווייסט […]
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Fiddler On The Roof is moving from Broadway to the big screen. MGM is gearing up to produce a new movie adaptation of the hit musical, with Thomas Kail set to direct. Kail is known as the director of Hamilton, which is finally getting released on Disney+ in July. Kail will be working from a script penned […]
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