Calendar of Events Upcoming events at the Yiddish Book Center - including Yidstock: The Festival of New Yiddish Music (July 12-15, 2018) . Visit, Shop, Calendar FILM | Freedom Runners | Sunday, June 3 @ 2 p.m. A teacher at the Bialik-Rogozin campus in south Tel Aviv establishes a running group for his students—young African refugees whose families fled their homeland and now live in Israel without any legal status. Click to read more and purchase tix. FILM | Sammy Davis Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me | Sunday, June 17 @ 2 p.m. The first major film documentary to examine Davis’ vast talent and his journey for identity through the shifting tides of civil rights and racial progress during 20th-century America. Click to read more and purchase tickets. FILM | Song of the Lodz Ghetto | Sunday, July 1 @ 2 p.m. A moving account of the history of Poland’s “first and last” Jewish ghetto. The film is based on a haunting program of songs performed by the renowned Jewish music group, Brave Old World. Click to read more and purchase tickets. Yidstock 2018: July 12-15 The seventh annual Yidstock takes place at the Yiddish Book Center on July 12-15, 2018. TALK | The Essential Klezmer, with Seth Rogovoy | Thursday, July 12, 2 - 3 p.m. YIDSTOCK 2018 | Seth Rogovoy, Yidstock's artistic director and the author of "The Essential Klezmer," takes the audience on a multimedia journey through klezmer. Click to read more and purchase tickets. TALK | Exploring Yiddish Theater Music, with Hankus Netsky | Thursday, July 12, 4 - 5 p.m. YIDSTOCK 2018 | Meet the figures who shaped the soundscape of the golden age of Yiddish Theater, inventing a uniquely Jewish world of popular musical entertainment. Click to read more and purchase tickets. CONCERT | David Krakauer's Acoustic Klezmer Quartet | Thursday, July 12, 8 - 9:30 p.m. YIDSTOCK 2018 | The Helen & Irving Sunshine Memorial Concert | Delight in a performance emphasizing the beauty of traditional klezmer dance tunes, ritual songs, and reflective melodies. Click to read more and to purchase tickets. TALK | Exploring Yiddish Art Music, with Hankus Netsky | Friday, July 13, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. YIDSTOCK 2018 | Explore how Jewish composers sought to bring their original compositions and folksong arrangements to the stage over 100 years ago. Click to read more and to purchase tickets. WORKSHOP | Yiddish Dance 101: How to Dance to Klezmer Music, with Steve Weintraub | Friday, July 13, 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. YIDSTOCK 2018 | World-renowned dance instructor Steve Weintraub offers an overview of the Yiddish style of dance, from the improvisational to popular dances borrowed and adapted from Romania and Moldova. Click to read more and purchase tickets. TALK | A Conversation with David Krakauer | Friday, July 13, 1 - 2 p.m. YIDSTOCK 2018 | World-renowned clarinetist David Krakauer has been one of the most influential, forward-looking exponents of modern, progressive klezmer. Click to read more and purchase tickets. CONCERT | Heather Klein & Joshua Horowitz | Friday, July 13, 2:30 - 3:45 p.m. YIDSTOCK 2018 | Classically trained soprano Heather Klein presents lost works of the Yiddish Art Song repertoire with accompanist Joshua Horowitz. Click to read more and to purchase tickets. TALK | Socalled: Ghettoblasting Toward Yiddishland | Friday, July 13 @ 4:15 - 5:15 p.m. YIDSTOCK 2018 | The inventor of Yiddish/hip-hop fusion, Josh Dolgin’s shows variously include classic Yiddish ballads, theater tunes, and folk songs. Click to read more and to purchase tickets. CONCERT | Tsvey Brider, featuring Anthony Russell & Dmitri Gaskin | Friday, July 13, 5:30 - 6:45 p.m. YIDSTOCK 2018 | Yiddish vocalist Anthony Russell and pianist/accordionist Dmitri Gaskin explore diverse idioms and styles to create new music set to the works of Yiddish poets. Click to read more and purchase tickets. WORKSHOP | Build-a-Sher Yiddish Dance Workshop, with Steve Weintraub | Saturday, July 14, 10 - 11:30 a.m. YIDSTOCK 2018 | World-famous dance instructor Steve Weintraub explores the iconic Jewish square dance, the sher. Click to read more and to purchase tickets. TALK | A Journey to LadinoLand, with Sarah Aroeste | Saturday, July 14, 1 - 2 p.m. YIDSTOCK 2018 | International Ladino singer-songwriter Sarah Aroeste weaves stories from her personal family history together with song in this multimedia presentation. Click to read more and purchase tickets. WORKSHOP | Instrumental Klezmer, with Brian Bender | Saturday, July 14, 1 - 3 p.m. YIDSTOCK 2017 | Trombonist/keyboardist Brian Bender leads an instrumental workshop for aspiring klezmer musicians. All instruments and playing abilities welcomed. Click to read more and purchase tickets. TALK | A Cross-Cultural Convergence, with Anthony Russell | Saturday, July 14, 3 - 4 p.m. YIDSTOCK 2018 | Anthony Russell’s work in traditional Ashkenazi musical forms led to a musical exploration of his own roots through the research, arrangement, and performance. Click to read more and purchase tickets. CONCERT | David Krakauer’s Klezmer Madness Reunion Concert with special guest Socalled | Saturday, July 14, 8 - 9:30 p.m. YIDSTOCK 2018 | The Joan A. Backman Memorial Concert | This reunion concert of Klezmer Madness features Krakauer’s groundbreaking fusion of early klezmer sounds, jazz influences, and funky undertones. Click to read more and to purchase tickets. WORKSHOP | Yiddish Songs, with Asya Vaisman Schulman and Brian Bender | Sunday, July 15, 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. YIDSTOCK 2018 | Learn Yiddish songs old and new - love songs and children's songs, songs about food, and even songs about oxen. Click to read more and purchase tickets. CONCERT | Beyond the Pale (with Surprise Guest) | Sunday, July 15, 12 - 1:15 p.m. YIDSTOCK 2018 | The Bernard and Reva Broder Memorial Concert | Celebrating its twentieth anniversary this year, Beyond the Pale brings a global, world-music approach to klezmer. Click to read more and purchase tickets. TALK | The View from Toronto, with Eric Stein | Sunday, July 15 @ 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. YIDSTOCK 2018 | Eric Stein will share his thoughts and observations about Canada’s Yiddish culture scene, as well as offering his perspective on the global evolution of klezmer and Yiddish music. Click to read more and purchase tickets. CONCERT | Yiddish Meets Ladino, with Sarah Aroeste and Anthony Russell | Sunday, July 15, 3 - 4:15 p.m. YIDSTOCK 2018 | Ladino vocalist Sarah Aroeste and Yiddish vocalist Anthony Russell join forces to musically reconcile these long-lost cousins of Jewish music. Click to read more and purchase tickets. TALK | Full Steam Ahead! with Aaron Lansky | Sunday, July 15, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. YIDSTOCK 2018 | In this lively presentation, Aaron Lansky, the Yiddish Book Center’s founder and president, presents the inside story on a whole range of new initiatives. Click to read more and purchase tickets. CONCERT | Socalled String Quartet | Sunday, July 15 @ 7:30 - 9 p.m. YIDSTOCK 2018 | This concert by the brand-new Socalled String Quartet features the mad wizard of Yiddish hip-hop on vocals performing new transcriptions of classic Yiddish theater, folk, and art songs. Click to read more and purchase tickets. FILMS | Iom Romi (A Day in Rome) and Cuba's Forgotten Jewels: A Haven in Havana | Sunday, July 29 @ 2 p.m. Iom Romì chronicles a day in the life of the contemporary Jewish community of Rome. Cuba's Forgotten Jewels tells the stories of Jewish refugees in wartime Havana. Click to read more and to purchase tickets. FILM | Restoring Tomorrow | Sunday, August 5 @ 2 p.m. A personal journey of rediscovery comes alive: a universal story of hope as a treasured local temple near demise is lifted up by a community’s determination to achieve the impossible. Click to read more and purchase tix. FILM | L'Antiquaire (The Art Dealer) | Sunday, August 19 @ 2 p.m. This drama from renowned French director François Margolin follows a Jewish woman who embarks on a journey to recover family paintings stolen by the Nazis. Click to read more and purchase tickets.
