Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage & National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene Present: New York Sings Yiddish!

Celebrate the rich cultural legacy of Yiddish music when National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene (NYTF) and Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage present New York Sings Yiddish!

The concert is in partnership with the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene/Museum of Jewish Heritage –  A Living Memorial to the Holocaust and supported by the Workers Circle and Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine. It will feature an illustrious lineup of Yiddish theater and concert superstars, including THE KLEZMATICS, Joanne Borts, Joshua (SoCalled) Dolgin, Cantor Magda Fishman, Sara Mina Gordon, Cantor Netanel Hershtik, Elmore James, Daniel Kahn, Lea Kalisch, Frank London, Daniella Rabbani, Eleanor Reissa, Avi Fox-Rosen, and Lorin Sklamberg.

Rabbi Joseph Potasnik, executive vice president of the New York Board of Rabbis, will serve as Master of Ceremonies at the celebratory event. Led by Folksbiene Musical Director Zalmen Mlotek and featuring Musical Arrangements by Mlotek and Frank London, the concert is produced by Moishe Rosenfeld, Golden Land Concerts & Connections.

Throughout the night, Yiddish lyrics will be projected on a giant screen, and available on attendees’ phones via QR codes, as singers lead the audience in an unprecedented community chorus, joyously celebrating our precious cultural legacy.