This popular series of FREE performances is brought to you by the City University of New York.
A Musical Reading of Hershele Ostropolyer
A musical folk play by S.Gershonson adapted by Josef Glikson
Directed by Zalmen Mlotek
A dramatization of the delightful tales of the beloved folk hero, Hershele from Ostropol, a compassionate jester who uses his wits to battle injustice. In this episode, Hershele, passing through a strange town, organizes a group of working-class men and women to foil the avarice and greed of a local villain.
IN YIDDISH WITH ENGLISH AND RUSSIAN SUPERTITLES
May 14, 2008 at 4pm - Lehman College, Studio Theater (718) 960-8025
YIDDISH THEATRE IN YOUR COMMUNITY
Upcoming Troupe Performances
"Mama's Loshn Kugel"
May 18, 2008 at 12:00 PM
North Jersey YM-YWHA
1 Pike Drive
Wayne, NJ 07470
For information please call 973-595-0100
If you would like to bring a Yiddish performance
to your shul or community center, please contact:
Motl Didner at outreach@folksbiene.org
or call 212-213-2120.
Mlotek Family Foundation 3rd annual Memorial Program in Memory of the late Yosl Mlotek
Mlotek Family Foundation 3rd annual Memorial Program in Memory of the late Yosl Mlotek Read press release
The renowned actor, folk-singer and social activist Theodore Bikel, and the noted author, scholar and speaker, Professor Barbara Kirshenblatt Gimblett have been chosen by the Mlotek Family Foundation to receive the 2008 Joseph Mlotek Memorial Prize for Yiddish and Yiddish Culture.
The evening will honor the memory of the late Joseph "Yosl" Mlotek who, throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, played a pivotal role in preserving and fostering the legacy of Yiddish culture in Jewish communities worldwide. The program will include a talk by each honoree, that will draw from the legacy of Yosl Mlotek.
The concert portion of the evening, musically directed by Zalmen Mlotek, will consist of a performance of a script honoring Israel that Yosl Mlotek had prepared as Education Director of The Workmen's Circle, performed by the noted Yiddish concert artsts Robert Abelson, Phyllis Berk and Adrienne Cooper.
Admission is free. Reservations are necessary.
Monday, May 19 - 6:00pm
Center for Jewish History
15 West 16th Street
Please RSVP to Jackie Kostalos Jackie.Kostalos@henryschein.com
631-843-5737
June 2008
The National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene
Celebrates Hollywood Legend Carl Reiner
An Evening of Music and Laughter
With appearances by Stars of Stage and Screen
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
7:30PM
Town Hall
123 West 43rd Street
More info >
August 2008
4th Annual
Yiddish in the Hamptons Concert
Labor Day Weekend Yiddish Theatre
After three successful shows for the past 3 years bringing stars of the Yiddish and Broadway stages to the Hamptons, the Folksbiene continues to expand our mission to make Yiddish and Yiddish theatre more relevant, more accessible and influential by presenting:
New faces in the Worlds of Yiddish Theatre from America and Israel
Saturday, August 30, 2008
9:00PM
Berman Sanctuary
Followed by a reception in the Edelstein Hall
of the Kaylie Center Download brochure >
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