I am excited to let everyone know that my dear friend, Miryem-Khaye Seigel, will be celebrating the release of her first CD, Toyznt Tamen...

As it's the new year, I'm taking the opportunity to redo, reorganize and, where necessary, reacquaint myself with my library. I pul...

Rumors of the demise of the Congress for Jewish Culture have been greatly exaggerated. The Congress has announced a full slate of events re...

Sholem Aleichem Cultural Center presents: 3rd Annual Sholem Aleichem Yiddish Klezfest Sunday, December 21, 2014, 1-5pm  Featurin...

My friend Dmitri Zisl Slepovitch just released the new Litvakus CD and - SPOILER ALERT - it's brilliant. Read my review here . And liste...

Unless you've been living under an unkosher rock, you probably know that we just said goodbye and git vokh to the marathon of holidays t...

Last Sukkes I was in another state, cleaning out the remnants of my mother's life and thinking about what a sukke and a cement storage u...

Just found a notebook full of these weirdo notes from 1999-2000-ish. Don't act like you don't have your own weirdo notes from the pa...

Please click over to Jewcy and read my interview with the translator of the Yiddish Waiting for Godot .

New Yiddish Rep's triumphant production of the Yiddish language Waiting for Godot is now in previews at the Barrow Street Theater. I s...