Workman's Circle presents: YIDDISHFEST at Damrosch Park
Workman's Circle presents: YIDDISHFEST at Damrosch Park
Sunday, September 18th
6pm
FREE
Damrosch park at lincoln center
FREE EVENT! Southwest corner of the Lincoln Center Plaza, at 62nd St. near Amsterdam Ave.
Starring Fyvush Finkel, Ian Finkel, Elliot Finkel, David Krakauer, New Yiddish Chorale with Zalman Mlotek, Klez Dispensers and Joanne Borts
YIDDISHFEST 2005 - Come join thousands of Mame-loshn lovers and "mavens" at the 38th annual YIDDISHFEST sponsored by The Workmen's Circle/Arbeter-Ring, the venerable national Jewish organization which has dedicated its 105 year history to maintaining a positive Jewish identity, keeping the Yiddish language and culture alive, and supporting socially progressive causes. Starring in Yiddishfest 2005 will be TV and Broadway star, and Yiddish Theatre veteran Fyvush Finkel, and his talented sons pianist Elliot Finkel, and xylophonist Ian Finkel. They will be joined by the world's greatest Klezmer clarinetist David Krakauer, the hot young Klezmer band the Klez Dispensers, the Yiddish music icon Zalmen Mlotek and his New Yiddish Chorale, singers Nell Snaidas, Joanne Borts and Cantor Rebecca Garfein of Congregation Rodeph Sholom on West 83rd St.
Admission is FREE. Produced by Moishe Rosenfeld of Golden Land Concerts & Connections.