The Yiddish Hour with Cantor Figa

Join Cantor Figa for “The Yiddish Hour,” a monthly appreciation of Yiddish song, Yiddish theater, and Yiddish wisdom.

A photo of the wedding bottle dance at from the first production of Fiddler on the Roof in the US in Yiddish, the language of the shtetl and the of the Sholem Aleichem stories that inspired it. The National Yiddish Folksbiene Theater production opened at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in 2018. For more, see The Cultural Critic. Photo from the New York Times.

March 12, 6:30pm

L’chaim! This month’s Yiddish Hour will take a deep dive into Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish. We’ll look at the original Tevye Stories penned by the father of Yiddish literature, Sholem Aleichem, and how those stories were adapted into the blockbuster Broadway musical and movie Fiddler on the Roof and, how it was then readapted back into Yiddish. Hear the songs with translations and explanations, and marvel at the wit and authentic Jewishness of Sholem Aleichem’s original words and phrases. You will kvell!

Zoom only; click here or use ID# 886 1553 5154. If you need the password, contact the Har Zion office during office hours.

“The Yiddish Hour” repeats monthly, usually on the 3rd Thursday of the month.