Acclaimed for their tight yet adventurous sound, lush arrangements, and solos that swing the Yiddish stratosphere

with Cantor Stewart Figa, accompanied by Ilya Levinson and Ronnie Kuller

Merging traditional klezmer dance music with classical finesse and a healthy dose of quirky humor, the Maxwell Street Klezmer Quintet shares the Joy of Klez in its performances.

with Rabbi Barry Schechter, Congregation Kol Emeth Skokie

with Susan Stone

with Shirlee Todd, Gail Mangurten, and Irina Kaufman ​Klezmer and Yiddish favorites, pieces from Jewish Spain and the Middle East, and music inspired by Jewish American composers

with Cantor Pavel Roytman and Sofi Fraser

Chana Blankshteyn’s story collection, Fear, and Celia Dropkin’s novel, Desires—newly translated by Anita Norich—ask us to reconsider what we think about translation, Yiddish literature, and women’s writing in Yiddish.

Shotns / Shadows is a immersive musical program by the composer, musicologist, and performing artist D. Zisl Slepovitch, based on the testimonies given by Holocaust survivors to the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale University.