On Sunday, September 14th, I am honored to be on of the hosts for the 10 hour Workers Circle Yiddish Song Marathon, leading the 11:00am—12:00pm block with the theme "Long Live the Yiddish Chorus”. Join me on the livestream!

From The Workers Circle:

Celebrate 125 years of the Workers Circle / Arbeter Ring / אַרבעטער רינג with 125 songs from the Yosl and Chana Mlotek Yiddish Song Collection, a five-volume masterpiece digitized and available to all on yiddishsongs.org.

Over the course of 10 hours, Yiddish performers and culture-makers from across the globe will share their favorite songs and recollections, including rarely seen historical footage of memorable performances from decades ago.

Do you have a favorite song from this incredible collection? Let us know! 

This event is free but donations to support our Yiddish programming are welcome.

Yiddish Folksong: Living Passions From A Jewish Past

March 3, 2025 | 5:30-6:45pm
Lehrhaus
425 Washington Street
Somerville, MA 02143USA (map)

This class will introduce students to the world of Yiddish folksong through historic and vibrant ethnographic field recordings from Eastern Europe. This class will be immersive in select musical jewels via their texts (Yiddish with English translation), music content, as well as their social context within Ashkenazic life. The class will be inclusive to all backgrounds with no need to read music necessary (but it wouldn’t hurt!). In this class, students will encouraged to embrace their inner musician, become immersed in the power of the music and sing as a group to connect to the songs!

More info here: https://www.lehr.haus/classes/yiddish-folksong-living-passions-from-a-jewish-past

Tickets here: https://www.showclix.com/tickets/yiddish-folksong-living-passions-from-a-jewish-past-9yp3htu

On Wednesday, January 19th, "Four Yiddish Folksongs - פֿיר ייִדישע פֿאָלקסלידער" premieres at the Boston Festival for New Jewish Music!

Megan Jones reprises her iconic performance, accompanied by the brilliant Nat Seelen on clarinet, Abigale Reisman on violin, and Inês Andrade on piano.

The performance shall additionally include new works by fantastic composers Eden MacAdam-Somer, Adah Hetko, Francesca Ter-Berg, Kristen Lamb, Jessica Ariella Bloch, and Quinn Gutman.

You can register below for the concert (either in person or digital).

The Boston Festival for New Jewish Music
https://jartsboston.org/event/the-boston-festival-of-new-jewish-music-an-evening-of-new-yiddish-song/