Yiddish music has always evolved — from the shtetl to the stage, and now to the synth. For some time now a new wave of ...

On Sunday, Nov. 2, the 13th edition of the “What’s not to like?” concert took place at Beth El Synagogue. The event focused ...

An art song, a piece written to be sung with piano accompaniment and often set to a poem, showcases the emotion and melody of a national or folk tradition in an intimate and refined setting. The ...

This is an adaptation of the introduction to a recent Yiddish Brief, the free newsletter sent out by our Yiddish editor. Sign up here to get the Yiddish Brief delivered to your inbox. Every year, ...

Throughout the city, new versions of old songs, and celebrations of the people who preserved them. (New York Jewish Week) — As they say in the mameloshn (mother tongue), “Dos Yidish lid iz umetum.” In ...

Imagine aerial acrobatics accompanied by a dreamy melody on fiddle and cimbalom. A juggler maneuvering seven bouncing balls ...

Yiddish is the language of the Jews of Eastern Europe and all the places to which they spread. It is the language of socialists and capitalists, the Partisans who fought the Nazis and most of the ...

The Shvesters don’t just perform in Yiddish — they also cover Hebrew songs — but they aim to help keep the language alive through their music. Yiddish as a spoken language has been on the decline ...

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 new Yosl and Chana Mlotek Yiddish Song Collection at the Workers Circle unlocks the joys and sorrows of the Jewish past, writes Chana’s grandson. (JTA) — When I was younger, my family sang Yiddish ...