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15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S1 Ep1: What is Yiddish?
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S1 Ep2: Greetings and Introductions.
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S1 Ep3: Nu, How Are You?
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S1 Ep4: Polite Expressions and The Fine Art of the Yiddish Kvetsh
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S1 Ep5: Mishpokhe (Family)
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S1 Ep6: Erter (Places)
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S1 Ep7: Activities and Occupations
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S1 Ep8: Esn (Food)
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S1 Ep9: Fun Vanen Kumstu? (Where Do You Come From?)
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S1 Ep10: Fun With Numbers
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S1 Ep11: “Vot Time Is It?”
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S1 Ep12: Forward to the Past
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S1 Ep13: Adjective-o-rama
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S1 Ep14: In Yiddish we have a lot of negatives, but we don’t stress it.
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S1 Ep15: Season 1 Finale
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S2 Ep1: Iberkhazer (Review)
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S2 Ep2: Going to Town
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S2 Ep3: Abi Gezunt (as long as you have your health)
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S2 Ep4: Adjective-O-Rama Part Tsvey
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S2 Ep5: The Khanike Special
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S2 Ep6: In Der Heym (at home)
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S2 Ep7: Farsheydene Zakhn (various things)
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S2 Ep8: Iberkhazer Klas (review class)
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S2 Ep9: Adverb-O-Rama
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S2 Ep10: Di Tsaytn Fun Yor (seasons)
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S2 Ep11: Gefiln (feelings)
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S2 Ep12: Batsiyungen (Relationships)
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S2 Ep13: Dates
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S2 Ep14: Conditions
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S2 Ep15: Season Finale Purim
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S3 Ep1: Back to Shule
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S3 Ep2: Dertseyln Mayses, Pt. 1
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S3 Ep3: Dertseyln Mayses, Pt. 2
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S3 Ep4: Flora and Fauna
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S3 Ep 5: A Few Of Our Favorite Things
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S3 Ep 6: What’s In A (Yiddish) Name?
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S3 Ep 7: Bad Things
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S3 Ep 8: Good Things
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S3 Ep 9: The Khanike Special, Tsvey
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S3 Ep 10: Literatur
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S3 Ep 11: Poezye
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S3 Ep 12: Di Muzik
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S3 Ep 13: Fashion, Architecture and Visual Arts
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S3 Ep 14: Teater
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S3 Ep 15: Finale
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S4 Ep 1: The Rosh Hashone Special
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S4 Ep 2: Alef, Beys, Veys, Giml, Daled, Hey
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S4 Ep 3: Zayin, Khes, Tes, Yud, Kof, and Kof
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S4 Ep 4: Lamed, Mem, Num, Samekh and Ayin
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S4 Ep 5: Pey, Fey, Tsadek, Kuf
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S4 Ep 6: Reysh, Shin, Sin, Tof un Sof
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S4 Ep 7: 3 Diphthongs, 2 Digraphs, and a Trigraph
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S4 Ep 8: Loshn-Koydesh
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S4 Ep 9: Shprikhverter (Yiddish Proverbs)
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S4 Ep 10: Dertseyln Folksmayses, pt. 1
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S4 Ep 11: Dertseyln Folksmayses, pt. 2
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S4 Ep 12: Dertseyln Folksmayses, pt. 3
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S4 Ep 13: Poetry Read Along, Pt. 1
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S4 Ep 14: Poetry Read Along, Pt. 2
15 Minute Yiddish (more or less)
S4 Ep 15: Siyem (Graduation)
PURIM: Di Megiles Ester (The Book of Esther)
Join the Museum and the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene for a simkhe (celebration) in honor of Purim hosted by Matthew “Motl” Didner. Featuring a lively reading of the Meglies Ester (Book of Esther) in Yiddish—as translated by the great poet Yehoash—the program will be followed by a festive musical performance by Litvakus.
Autumn Songs with Theresa Tova and Friends
Autumn Songs with Theresa Tova and friends, is a new Yiddish music concert featuring powerhouse vocalist Theresa Tova alongside collaborators Fern Lindzon and David Woodhead
Sruli and Lisa’s Family Concert
Join Sruli Dresdner and Lisa Mayer for some Yiddish music, Yiddish magic, and Yiddish potatoes!
CAST: Lisa Mayer, Sruli Dresdner, Charlie Dresdner, Johnny Dresdner
Tatiana Wechsler – Anywhere I Wander
Tatiana Wechsler performs a jazzy Sukkot concert from her home.
CAST: Tatiana Wechsler
Magda Fishman – A Sweet New Year
Ring in Rosh Hashana with a joyous concert from Magda Fishman, featuring special appearances from her young son.
CAST: Magda Fishman
Tony Perry “The Way I Feel”
“Soul to Soul” star Tony Perry performs a multicultural quest for hope and peace.
CAST: Tony Perry
The Great Yiddish Theatre Quiz – Part 3
An amusing quiz show prepared and hosted by Yiddish theatre personality Mikhl Yashinsky.
HOST: Mikhl Yashinsky
CONTESTANTS: Liz Walber, Nick Block, Judy Barlas
Rachel Policar: Lullabies and Love Songs from my Living Room
Rachel Policar (The Golden Bride) returns with your favorite songs from the Yiddish theater.
CAST: Rachel Policar, Cameron Johnson
Maida Feingold: Sing Out for Peace and Justice!
A concert in Yiddish and English featuring folk singer and guitarist Maida Feingold
CAST: Maida Feingold
The Great Yiddish Quiz – Part 2
An amusing quiz show prepared and hosted by Yiddish theatre personality Mikhl Yashinsky.
HOST: Mikhl Yashinsky
Elmore James “Coming Together In Song”
Star of NYTF’s “Soul to Soul” performs a concert featuring songs from the repertoire of Paul Robeson.
CAST: Elmore James, Zalmen Mlotek
The Great Yiddish Quiz
An amusing quiz show prepared and hosted by Yiddish theatre personality Mikhl Yashinsky.
HOST: Mikhl Yashinsky
Maida Feingold’s “The Songs of Itzik Manger”
Folk singer and guitarist Maida Feingold performs the music of folk bard and poet Itzik Manger.
CAST: Maida Feingold
A Concert with Lisa Fishman
Lisa Fishman sings and tells stories about the wide history of Yiddish music.
CAST: Lisa Fishman
Ron Tal “Eleven Hours Away”
Ron Tal performs a love letter to the past and home while celebrating Israeli music.
CAST: Ron Tal
Danial Kahn presents “Yiddish Blues in Berlin”
Multi-instrumentalist Danial Kahn sings the blues in English and Yiddish.
CAST: Danial Kahn
An Afternoon Salon with Joe Mace
Joe Mace performs a collection of songs in Yiddish, English, and a few languages in between with Daniel Rigamer and Zalmen Mlotek on piano.
CAST: Joe Mace, Daniel Rigamer, Zalmen Mlotek
Adam B. Shapiro Live from Shapiro Hall
Adam B. Shapiro sings a repertoire that includes selections from Fool to Fiddler.
CAST: Adam B. Shapiro
Zisl Slepovitch: Klezmer Clarinet and Beyond
Zisl Sleplovitch steps into the wide world of klezmer and teaches audiences about a rich history they may not recognize.
CAST: Zisl Slepovitch
Avi Hoffman: A Life in Yiddish Theatre
Avi Hoffman musically and dramatically reflects on his career and what it means to have created a life in the Yiddish theatre.
CAST: Avi Hoffman
Love Duets Lunchtime Concert (featuring Stephanie Lynn Mason and Drew Seigla)
Stephanie Lynn Mason and Drew Seigla, stars of Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish and real-life sweethearts, present a series of love songs and a Q&A with the audience.
CAST: Stephanie Lynn Mason, Drew Seigla
Allan Sherman on a Friday Evening (featuring Ben Liebert and Blair Alexis Brown)
Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish stars Ben Liebert and Blair Alexis Brown perform an evening of funny tunes from legendary performer Allan Sherman.
CAST: Ben Liebert, Blair Alexis Brown
Folksbiene Live with Zalmen Mlotek
3/17/20
Living Room Concert with Folksbiene Artistic Director Zalmen Mlotek ENCORE
3/26/20
Zalmen Mlotek “Living Room Concert”
4/22/20
Folksbiene! Live: Zalmen Mlotek “Living Room Concert”
5/7/20
Zalmen Mlotek “Living Room Concert” (May 14, 2020)
5/14/20
Songs of Civil Rights and Freedom
6/4/20
Songs of Love and Romance
6/4/20
More Love Songs
6/18/20
A Joyful Sound! Songs of Celebration
6/25/20
Songs of America: Di Goldene Medina
7/2/20
Yiddish Theatre Favorites
7/9/20
Songs of Summer Camp – Part 1
7/16/20
Special Requests and Dedications – Part 1
7/23/20
Yiddish Summer Camps – Part 2
8/13/20
Special Requests and Dedications – Part 2
8/20/20
Songs My Parents Loved
8/26/20
Songs of Work and Hope – Labor Day Concert
9/3/20
Songs of Work and Hope – Songs of Childhood
9/10/20
Songs of Spirituality and the New Year
9/17/20
Early Yiddish Vaudeville Songs
10/22/20
Great Yiddish Monologues (Eyner Aleyn)
An evening of great monologues from the Yiddish stage featuring Motl Didner, Lea Kalisch, Rebecca Keren, and Eli Rosen.
CAST: Motl Didner, Lea Kalisch, Rebecca Keren, Eli Rosen
Kvarentin Shmarentin or Humor on Kovid
An evening of Jewish humor in Yiddish to relieve tension from the first lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic.
CAST: Leyzer Burko, Motl Lidner, Elize-Rokhl Dorder, Zalmen Mlotek
On the Air:
Vintage Radio Plays from the Golden Age of WEVD Yiddish Radio
Celebrating the legacy of Yiddish radio, the event features two episodes from “A Velt Mit Veltelekh” by Nahum Stutchkoff.
CAST: Leyzer Burko, Eli Rosen, Lori Leifer, Motl Didner, Zalmen Mlotek
In Conversation with the cast of Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish
The cast of Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish and director Joel Grey answer questions about the process of creating a new kind of Yiddish-language theatre
Guests: Joel Grey, Steven Skybell, Jennifer Babiak, Rachel Zatcoff, Stephanie Lynne Mason, Rosie Jo Neddy, Jackie Hoffman, Ben Liebert, Daniel Kahn, Cameron Johnson, Bruce Sabath, Mary Illes, Jodi Snyder, Joanne Borts, Josh Dunn, Kirk Geritano, Michael Yashinsky, Samantha Hahn, Evan Mayer, Raquel Nobile, Nick Raynor, Adam B. Shapiro, James Monroe Števko, Lauren Jeanne Thomas, Bobby Underwood
Grammy Award-winning Klezmatics
Budd Mishkin interviews the Grammy Award-winning Klezmatics, Frank London and Lorin Skamberg.
HOST: Budd Mishkin
GUESTS: Frank London, Lorin Skamberg
“From Bronx to Broadway”
Manny Azenberg — Hosted by Budd Mishkin
Budd Mishkin interviews legendary theatre producer Emanuel “Manny” Azenberg on his long career.
HOST: Budd Mishkin
GUEST: Emanuel “Manny” Azenberg
Louise Kerz Hirschfeld — Hosted by Budd Mishkin
Budd Mishkin interviews theatre historian, museum curator, and television researcher Louise Kerz Hirschfeld.
HOST: Budd Mishkin
GUEST: Louise Kerz Hirschfeld
Robert Klein — Hosted by Budd Mishkin
Budd Mishkin interviews stand-up comedian, singer, and actor Robert Klein.
HOST: Budd Mishkin
GUEST:Robert Klein
National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene
At the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust
Edmond J. Safra Plaza
36 Battery Place, New York, NY 10280
Administration: 212-213-2120
Box Office 212-213-2120 ext. 606