Exhibits

Immerse yourself in a lebedike velt, a living world, of fascinating exhibitions about Yiddish culture.

Ruth Behar

Born in Cuba to Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jewish parents, Ruth is now an Anthropology professor.

Leyke Post Carrey, Boston's Yiddish Diva

by Hankus Netsky

A gifted actress and storyteller, Leyke would launch into a nineteenth-century Yiddish folk song and, within seconds, have her late twentieth-century audience in stitches.

The Badkhones of Yosif Frydman

By Hankus Netsky and Joshua Schwartz
Bringing Yiddish folk poetry and song back to life