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This July, National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene will bring together more than 140 actors, singers and musicians from across globe for a sensational, one-time event - A Yiddish Renaissance: A Virtual Concert Celebration - filled with music and appearances by some of the most renowned Yiddish performers.

Make Music New York, the unique, live, free citywide musical celebration held each June 21, is returning for its 15th consecutive year with a schedule of exciting and diverse in-person outdoor concerts, performances, music lessons, jam sessions and other music making events. This year's celebration  is returning to a mostly in-person event after last year's shifted to a largely virtual format due to COVID. 

In celebration of this global revival in Yiddish, this summer National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene will bring together more than 140 actors, singers and musicians from across the United States and the world for a sensational, one-time event - A Yiddish Renaissance: A Virtual Concert Celebration.

Jody Oberfelder Projects, known for their immersive dance experiences of inventive athleticism, wit, and whimsy, will present Amphitheater at East River Park Amphitheater, June 21st, 2021, at 6:30pm.

As New York City continues to reopen, the Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust will present a summer filled with movies, music, and more - welcoming audiences back in person for concerts in Battery Park, family programs, and viewings of the epic, nine-hour film Shoah.

Multi GRAMMY® Award-winning pianist/composer Arturo O'Farrill and nonprofit the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance (ALJA) have announced their return to live performances throughout New York City and Brooklyn in May 2021 and June 2021.

On Sunday, March 21, 2:00 PM (EST), the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan (with lead sponsorship from the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene) will spearhead a global presentation of the second annual virtual Third Seder to celebrate the inspiring Passover story as well as the worldwide revival of Yiddish culture.

Join JMI's WORLD TOUR for an exclusive free online evening with stop offs in Morocco, Europe, the Middle East, USA and even Canvey Island. Hosted by the broadcaster Suzy Klein, historian Sir Simon Schama and Lord Michael Grade touring the world, and meeting the stars and champions of JMI, the charity that transform lives through Jewish music...

On such a somber and momentous occasion as International Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27), Yiddishkayt Initiative founder and CEO Avi Hoffman feels its important for the organization to be part of the education of the community related to keeping the remembrance of The Holocaust and the lessons to be learned from it alive.

The National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene (NYTF) production of Soul to Soul, the electrifying and emotionally captivating theatrical concert that explores the parallels between African American and Jewish music, will be presented virtually this Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust has pivoted to create engaging virtual programs for its audiences, and the Museum invites other organizations to do the same in 2021 at its state-of-the-art theatre.

More than 22,000 people from across the globe tuned in to the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene's star-studded celebration, the Folksbiene Chanukah Spectacular, an evening filled with song, dance, comedy and cameo celebrity appearances - all highlighting the vibrancy and joy of Yiddish theater.

Today (December 8) in live streaming: Norm Lewis chats with the Chaos Twins, a Red Bucket Follies celebration, and so much more!

Yiddish song, dance, comedy and celebration - from across the globe - come together when the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene presents a Folksbiene Chanukah Spectacular this December, featuring an international array of more than 50 stars - from Broadway music, movies and television to the Yiddish stage.

A coalition of the nation's top arts presenters have joined forces to create a 6 hour “People's Benefit Concert” to spur Get Out The Vote action in all fifty states.  On Saturday, October 17 and Sunday, October 18, The 50-50 ALL SOULS TO THE POLLS concert will be presented on multiple virtual online platforms.

RuckUS is an artist-led activist group that aims to create a joyful critical mass for getting out the vote with events staged all across New York City on October 17 and 24. 

The Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust will host a live concert-featuring Frank London's Klezmer Brass Allstars and actor and Yiddish-singer Eleanor Reissa and percussionist Deep Singh-from Edmond J. Safra Hall on Sunday, October 25 at 7 p.m.

The Inaugural International VIRTUAL YI Love YiddishFest 2020, which took place Labor Day Week from September 7-13, sponsored by The Betsy South Beach, was declared a huge success by all measurable accounts according to Avi Hoffman, Founder and CEO of YI Love Jewish (www.yilovejewish.org), the organization that produced the event. 

This October, National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene (Folksbiene)-led by Zalmen Mlotek, Artistic Director, and Dominick Balletta, Executive Director-presents Folksbiene! LIVE: 'Welcome to Our Suke/Sukkah', a four-day festival of family-friendly performances during Chol Hamoed (the intermediary days of Sukkos) from October 5th to 8th.

National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene (Folksbiene)-led by Zalmen Mlotek, Artistic Director, and Dominick Balletta, Executive Director-is presenting original, dynamic virtual programming as part of its ongoing Folksbiene! LIVE series in September and October, featuring Magda Fishman's 'A Sweet New Year' on Wednesday, September 16th.