The festival of new yiddish music lands in amherst for four days. The festival of new yiddish music will include concerts by legendary and upandcoming bands, a folk oratorio by a founder of the klezmatics, plus talks, workshops, and other special events. Tsvey brider dmitri gaskin and anthony mordechai tsvi russell performing at yidstock 2018, yiddish book center amherst, 2018 other. Visitors can learn not only about the history of yiddish literature, but about the more recent history of collecting the worlds remaining yiddish books. In the evenings, there are concerts featuring some of the worlds best klezmer bands, dance parties, and a late night cabaret. The yiddish book center national yiddish book center, located on the campus of hampshire college in amherst, massachusetts, united states, is a cultural institution dedicated to the preservation of books in the yiddish language, as well as the culture and history those books represent. A night in the old marketplace, which he wrote and. Klezmerrock band golem was founded by annette ezekiel kogan in new york city in 2000.
The festival of new yiddish music will feature a performance of a night in the old marketplace, a multimedia folk oratorio by frank london, a founding member of the klezmatics. Fourday festival includes concerts, talks and workshops. The klezmatics, the klezmer conservatory band, eleanor reissa, socalled, and polina and merlin shepherd headline the ninth annual yidstock. Yidstock 17 features concerts, talks and workshops jewish. Easily share your publications and get them in front of issuus. Yidstock 17 at the yiddish book center facebook twitter amherst the lineup for the 2017 yidstock. Dont miss out on what promises to be a great festival of music and related events.
We start off our yidstock 2014 broadcast from the yiddish book center with an abbreviated roundtable panel and welcome our host for the morning the yiddish book center s founder and president. If you have purchased tickets, we will be in contact with. In the evenings, there are concerts featuring some of the worlds best klezmer bands, dance parties, and a. Professor barry holtz of the jewish theological seminary talks about his new biography of the brilliant and fascinating first century rabbi akiva, a talmudic hero and one of the most important influences on jewish history down to our own times. Yiddish book center, yidstock explore western mass. Yiddish new york celebrating yiddish music, language. The festival of new yiddish music concert passes sold out. Yidstock takes place, rain or shine, at the yiddish book center in amherst, massachusetts july 1114.
We offer a yearround schedule of films, talks, concerts, family programs, and. You can also browse the centers main website at yiddishbookcenter. Additional funding for this site has been provided by the applebaum foundation and by yiddish book center members. Yidstock 17 at the yiddish book center massachusetts. Klezmer and yiddish greats headline yidstock 2020 the. The collection of over 1,000,000 yiddish language books and periodicals is impressive but there is more.
The decade of discovery is a new initiative of the yiddish book center designed to foster a deeper understanding of yiddish and modern jewish culture. The yiddish book center is a nonprofit organization working to recover, celebrate, and regenerate yiddish and modern jewish literature and culture. National yiddish book center inc guidestar profile. A field trip to new york city and yidstock, the yiddish book centers annual yiddish cultural festival.
The center is home to permanent and travelling exhibits, a yiddish book repository, educational programs, and the annual yidstock. Click here to purchase tickets to individual events. All this and more in an idyllic setting by a lake in the laurentian mountains. Our priority now is to advance knowledge of the content and literary and cultural progeny of the books weve saved. The festival of new yiddish music we thought it would be fun to share a selection of excerpts from many of the performers and presenters who will be at the yiddish book center july 16, 2017 as part of yidstock. Yidstock 2017 is sponsored by wamc northeast public radio and the marinus and minna b. The festival of new yiddish music celebrates the best of klezmer and new yiddish music with a wideranging lineup of concerts that demonstrate the diversity and.
In 1997, the yiddish book center moved to its current site in amherst, massachusetts, a 49,000squarefoot complex that echoes the rooflines of an east european shtetl jewish town. The yidstock 2019 festival taking place at the yiddish book center from thursday, july 11, through sunday, july 14, 2019 will once again feature a global cast of the greatest talents of yiddish and klezmer music, with performances by berlins yiddish folkrockers daniel kahn and the painted bird, israeli vocalist vira lozinsky. The burning child creates a psychic mapping of vienna through an exploration of its architectural interiors, set against the backdrop of austrias troubled past. Displays of poets, authors and actors who gave yiddish its vibrant and ironical nature in the 19th and early 20th century are spread throughout the center. Lisa newman, seth rogovoy, yidstock, klezmer, yiddish book center, the shmooze, yiddish music. Boasting an array of films, concerts, lectures, and workshops, yidstock 2014. Andy statman and alicia svigals make their yidstock debuts during the 6th annual yidstock festival at the yiddish book center in amherst, mass. The fourday takes place at the yiddish book center in amherst, massachusetts, july 16, 2017.
Participants make their own arrangements for transportation, housing and meals. Yidstock 2017 takes place july to 16 at the yiddish book center in amherst, massachusetts. It is one of ten western massachusetts museums constituting the museums10. Nigunim and zmiros are songs of devotion and praise, spiritual hassidicje. The festival of new yiddish music yidstock brings together a diverse range of musicians who weave elements from traditional jewish.
Yiddish book center gifts page 2 yiddish book center store. National yiddish book center is rated 3 out of 4 stars by charity navigator. The festival of new yiddish music has been cancelled due to the covid19 emergency. National yiddish book center is a libraries, historical societies and landmark preservation charity located in amherst, ma. Yiddish book center amherst, ma brown paper tickets. This 45minute tour takes the visitor through the yiddish book centers museum exhibits and allows them to. The complete schedule and online box office are at. The yiddish book center is a nonprofit organization that works to tell the whole jewish story by rescuing, translating, and disseminating yiddish books and p. Andy statman, alicia svigals make yidstock debuts this july.
Additionally, i thinkmore than nearly anywherethe yiddish book center manages to walk an amazing line, delivering an institution which is both scholarly and entertaining, both an endless resource for serious scholars and a perfectly welcoming and easy to navigate world for the complete newbie. Feel free to browse our store, but be aware that the shopping cart is disabled. Since then, the band annette ezekiel kogan, aaron diskin, jeremy brown, curtis hasselbring, taylor bergrenchrisman, tim monaghan has become a leading reinterpreter and innovator of yiddish and eastern european music, pushing tradition forward into the 21st century. Luckily i avoided the brown acid at last nights klezmer madness concert. Jun 24, 2019 that is the yiddish book center s mission. July 16 the yiddish book center in amherst, massachusetts plays host to four days of concerts, lectures and workshops. Yidstock 2019 will bring the best in klezmer and new yiddish music to the stage at the yiddish book center in amherst, massachusetts. Tickets can be purchased to individual events as listed below.
Saving a million yiddish books was just the beginning. The festival of new yiddish music, taking place at the yiddish book center over the course of four days, thursday, july 9 sunday, july 12. Steiner summer yiddish program, yiddish book center amherst, massachusetts, usa. The festival of new yiddish music brings the best in klezmer and. Jewish presence in eastern europe, 20042012 will be in the yiddish book centers brechner gallery through october 15, 2017. Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Y 344 east 14th street, between 1st and 2nd avenues and the adjacent town and village synagogue, easily accessible by public transportation. The jewish voice march 17, 2017 by mike kurov issuu. Jul 14, 2017 5 jewish cultural festivals to rock your summer. Jul, 2017 5 jewish cultural festivals to rock your summer by jta staff july, 2017 12. In addition to klezmer and cantorial concerts, the festival will include a book fair, film screenings, photo and fine arts. The fourday festivaljuly to 16 at the yiddish book center in amherst,will also include. The festival of new yiddish music brings the best in klezmer and new yiddish music to the stage at the yiddish book center in amherst, massachusetts. Jul 14, 2017 concert nigunim trio on jul 14, 2017 in amherst, ma at yiddish book center.
This site is made possible with support from the jim joseph foundation, which is devoted to fostering compelling, effective jewish learning experiences for youth and young adults in the u. This summer, july 16, the yiddish book center in amherst, mass. Mar 17, 2017 issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. The jewish world yidstock 17 to feature frank londons. Yidstock 2018, seth rogovoy, david krakauer, anthony russell, yiddish book center podcast, the shmooze, lisa newman on this episode, we talk with seth rogovoy, yidstock artistic director, about the lineup for yidstock 2018, which will include performances by david krakauer, anthony russell, the heather klein duo, socalled, and sarah aroeste. Yiddish book center amherst 2020 all you need to know. Yidstock 2017 will bring the best in klezmer and new yiddish music to the stage at the yiddish book center in amherst, massachusetts. Concert nigunim trio in amherst, ma jul 14, 2017 5. The festival of new yiddish music, films, and events. Four days, seven concerts on this episode, we talk with seth rogovoy, yidstock artistic director, about the lineup for yidstock 2018, which will include performances by david krakauer, anthony russell, the heather klein duo, socalled, and sarah aroesteand those are just a few of the performers who will take to the stage. Yiddish book center gifts yiddish book center store. Had a very enjoyable visit to the yiddish book center on the beautiful hampshire college campus.
The worlds first yiddish museum, the yiddish book center is home to permanent and visiting exhibits. For a full schedule of yidstock events, including talks and workshops, visit yidstock. The 9th annual yidstock takes placerain or shinejuly 912. The festival of new yiddish music brings the best in klezmer and new yiddish music to the stage at the yiddish book center. We are not currently fulfilling online orders, as the yiddish book center has closed its building to protect visitors and staff during the covid19 pandemic. Yiddish book center, 1021 west st, amherst, ma 2020.
Jul 23, 2017 professor barry holtz of the jewish theological seminary talks about his new biography of the brilliant and fascinating first century rabbi akiva, a talmudic hero and one of the most important influences on jewish history down to our own times. We offer fellowships and courses for high school students. Yidstock features global lineup the rogovoy report. Charity navigator rating for national yiddish book center. Along with concerts by new and legendary bands, the roster of events will include a folk oratorio by a founder of the klezmatics, workshops, talks on topics including yiddish theater and hassidic music, plus a dramatic.
Noami leaf halpern, jewish dancer and centenarian, was interviewed by christa whitney on january 27th, 2017, in woodstock, new york. Beginning with the center s 40th anniversary in 2020, and continuing for each of the next ten years, the center will select an annual theme. It is informative, powerful, and leaves visitors with a profound sense of having just witnessed the accomplishment of what was once unthinkable. I look forward to welcoming you to what promises to be a great four days of concerts. Yidstock 17 features concerts, talks and workshops. The yiddish book center is home to permanent and visiting exhibits. The third annual festival will bring the best in klezmer and new yiddish music to the stage at the yiddish book center at hampshire college. Yiddish book center amherst all you need to know before. The festival of new yiddish music includes performances by top names who are redefining klezmer, as well as talks, workshops, and a modern folk oratorio by klezmatics member frank london, based on yiddish writer i. Yiddish new york hosts online boards encouraging sharing rides and housing. The festival of new yiddish music has been cancelled due to the. Wharton center for performing arts, michigan state university. Its books, its library, its programs invite you to experience a world that has almost disappeared,the world of yiddish culture.
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