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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 569

National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene

Zalman Mlotek holds forth at Yung Yiddish, on February 4, 2024. (Gavriel Fiske/Times of Israel)
February 8, 2024, 8:29 am
In Tel Aviv, a maestro revels in the ‘holy work’ of preserving Yiddish culture
Yung Yiddish hosts conductor Zalmen Mlotek, the man behind the acclaimed mamaloshen stage version of ‘Fiddler on the Roof,’ for an evening of song and camaraderie
By Gavriel Fiske
Mikhl Yashinsky, right, in a scene from 'The Sorceress,' by New York's The National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene. (Courtesy)
January 18, 2023, 2:58 am
This 30-something New Yorker doesn’t need a crystal ball to see a Yiddish revival
Performer and educator Mikhl Yashinsky is bringing the ‘always dying’ language out of the yeshiva and back into the limelight
By Jon Kalish
(L-R) Raquel Nobile, Jodi Snyder, and Maya Jacobson together form the trio 'The Mamales' with a goal to eventually release a concept album of Yiddish song covers. (Courtesy/via JTA)
April 17, 2022, 8:57 pm
This singing trio wants to make Yiddish sexy again
They may not be fluent in Mamaloshen, but these three New Yorkers are poised to be the Millennials’ answer to the Barry Sisters
By julia GERGELY
Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman at a rehearsal for their musical 'Harmony' in New York City. (Julieta Cervantes/ via JTA)
April 5, 2022, 2:52 am
Iconic singer Barry Manilow dishes on bringing his Nazi-era musical to NYC
With a new production of ‘Harmony’ opening April 14, Manilow and his writing partner Bruce Sussman discuss the show’s – and their – Jewish roots, along with their legendary careers
By Jacob Henry
At the unveiling of gravestone for Thomas LaRue Jones aka 'The Black Cantor' at Rosehill Cemetery in Linden, New Jersey, on August 29, 2021. Henry Sapoznik (in hat) is at center with hand on the monument. (David Sperling)
September 1, 2021, 4:18 pm
Headstone for long-forgotten Black cantor unveiled in NJ cemetery
With support of friends and interested strangers, researcher Henry Sapoznik dedicates memorial for lauded Yiddish performer Thomas LaRue Jones, who was buried in a potter’s field
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Postwar Yiddish writer Chava Rosenfarb. (Courtesy National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene)
April 19, 2021, 3:19 am
NY Yiddish theater festival spotlights previously unheralded women writers
The National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene kicks off a run dedicated to female playwrights with renowned Chava Rosenfarb’s ‘The Bird of the Ghetto,’ running April 19-22
By Jordan Hoffman
Barry Manilow is among the performers set to appear in “A Star-Studded Folksbiene Chanukah Spectacular," debuting online December 8, 2020. (Wikimedia Commons via JTA)
December 9, 2020, 4:07 am
2 virtual Yiddish specials debut online for Hanukkah
The National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene offers a holiday special, and the Congress for Jewish Culture presents famous drama ‘The Dybbuk,’ both for free
By Curt Schleier
Helmeted members of the National Socialist Party of America give the Fascist salute during a rally in downtown Chicago, June 24, 1978. (AP)
October 29, 2020, 11:06 am
Yiddish theater group joins virtual play about US falling into authoritarianism
Sinclair Lewis’s 1936 play ‘It Can’t Happen Here’ is performed by multiple companies, including National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene, just days before US election
By Josefin Dolsten
Steven Skybell, center, as Tevye and ensemble in the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene’s production of “Fiddler on the Roof.” (Victor Nechay/ProperPix via JTA)
March 19, 2020, 5:28 am
Yiddish theater gives fans what to kvell over as stars broadcast from home
National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene reaches out to sequestered audiences with free online programming, even as they faithfully prepare for the opening of a new show in May
By Jordan Hoffman
Scene from 'The Sorceress,' on stage through December 29, 2019, at New York's The National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene. (courtesy)
December 10, 2019, 2:46 am
New NY staging of Yiddish operetta ‘The Sorceress’ is sure to charm
It’s a simple tale about good and evil, filled with catchy tunes, dazzling costumes and no shortage of fun schtick
By Jordan Hoffman
From left: Composer Barry Manilow, Music, actress Suzanne Somers and Michael Feinstein pose backstage after the opening night performance of "Harmony" at Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre on Wednesday, March 12, 2014, in Los Angeles, California (Ryan Miller/Invision/AP)
August 21, 2019, 11:59 pm
Barry Manilow musical ‘Harmony’ to debut at NY Jewish museum
Show has been performed in California, Philadelphia and Atlanta over the past two decades; will be produced by the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene
By JTA
Lexi Rabadi stars in the National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene's one-woman show, 'Hannah Senesh (a play with music and song).' (Victor Nechay/Properpix.com)
July 29, 2019, 4:28 am
Spy/poet Hannah Senesh brought back to life in one-woman show in New York
Running till August 18, play by David Schechter launches Folksbiene’s 104th season with rare English production, alongside the Museum of Jewish Heritage’s huge Auschwitz exhibit
By Jordan Hoffman
Steven Skybell (Tevye), center, and ensemble in National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene’s Production of “Fiddler on the Roof.” (Victor Nechay/ProperPix via JTA)
November 15, 2018, 11:24 pm
NY Yiddish ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ show extended
National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene’s off-Broadway production of musical to run at original venue through December and then reopen at new venue
By JTA
Steven Skybell, center, as Tevye and ensemble in the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene’s production of “Fiddler on the Roof.” (Victor Nechay/ProperPix via JTA)
July 23, 2018, 11:54 pm
How the cast of ‘Fiddler’ learned their Yiddish in only a month
From changing ‘Tradition’ to ‘Torah’ and singing ‘If I were a Rothschild,’ the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene gives a new twist to the classic musical
By Josefin Dolsten
Steven Skybell as Tevye singing 'If I Were a Rich Man' in the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene's production of 'Fiddler on the Roof.' (Victor Nechay/ ProperPix.com)
July 23, 2018, 11:54 pm
Behind the scenes at New York’s nu Yiddish production of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’
The Broadway classic surprises as a mainstream hit beloved by alte kakers and critics; runs through September 2 at the Museum of Jewish Heritage
By Jordan Hoffman
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