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YIDSTOCK 2025 | Blending instrumental and vocal virtuosity and experimentation with theatricality firmly rooted in klezmer and Yiddish tradition, the Klezmatics brought the revival of klezmer into the rock era.

YIDSTOCK 2025 | Seth Rogovoy, Yidstock's artistic director, author of The Essential Klezmer, takes the audience on a multimedia journey through klezmer, from Old World shtetls to New World stages, providing historical context for the music yo...

YIDSTOCK 2025 | The director of the Yiddish Book Centers Wexler Oral History Project, Christa P. Whitney, will share video highlights from the projects growing collection.

YIDSTOCK 2025 | In this talk, Hankus Netsky will discuss the significance of this unique treasure trove of music and how it found a permanent home at the New York Public Library.

YIDSTOCK 2025 | Made possible by Carol Raspler and Herb Druker | Accompanied by a small ensemble, Eleanor explores musical interpretations of the Yiddish repertoire in this cabaret-style setting.

YIDSTOCK 2025 | Yoshie Fruchter

YIDSTOCK 2025 | In conversation with Seth Rogovoy, Michael will review his career and discuss what draws him to TANZ!

YIDSTOCK 2025 | Made possible by the Stanley R. Epstein Memorial Fund at the Yiddish Book Center | Tanz!, a profoundly innovative and artistic recording signified the readiness of a major record label to acknowledge the potential of the music we ...

YIDSTOCK 2025 | Dance workshop with Asya Vaisman Schulman with musical accompaniment by Christina Crowder.

YIDSTOCK 2025 | Now, nearly 70 years later, the album is brought back to life at Yidstock with a stellar band performing the album from beginning to end.

YIDSTOCK 2025 | David Mazower, the Yiddish Book Centers research bibliographer, is the chief curator and writer of our acclaimed core exhibition, Yiddish: A Global Culture.

YIDSTOCK 2025 | Abigale Reisman has established herself as an expressive and thoughtful fidl player, particularly interested in expressing the human voice through the violin and connecting her playing to the rhythms and accents of the Yiddish lan...

YIDSTOCK 2025 | Throughout her career, Joanne has had the privilege to perform alongside many celebrated stars of the Yiddish stage, Broadway legends, and klezmer greats. Joanne will discuss all this and more in conversation with Seth Rogovoy.

YIDSTOCK 2025 | Dance workshop with Judy Bressler with musical accompaniment by Brian Bender.

YIDSTOCK 2025 | An instrumental workshop for aspiring klezmer musicians, taught by trombonist/keyboardist Brian Bender of the Yiddishkeit Klezmer Ensemble, Little Shop of Horas, and the Wholesale Klezmer Band.

YIDSTOCK 2025 | Joanne Borts' debut solo album, Lush & Hora, embraces a spectrum of contradictions told through a Yiddish lens of irreverent admiration, mischievous rebellion and maybe a little gossip.

YIDSTOCK 2025 | Bernard and Reva Broder Memorial Concert | The Great Yiddish-American Songbook celebrates the joys of Yinglish, with English songs in Yiddish and Yiddish songs in English.

YIDSTOCK 2025 | Violinists Jake Shulman-Ment and Abigale Reisman join forces to record Two Strings, a brand-new powerhouse string-band album that unites their stunning virtuosity, deep roots in traditional Yiddish and Eastern European musical idi...

YIDSTOCK 2025 | Eleanor Reissa actress, singer, director, playwright, author, and perennial Yidstock favorite will speak about the challenges and opportunities of the past year.

YIDSTOCK 2025 | Join us for a lively conversation and Q&A and be the first to hear whats next for the Yiddish Book Center from new initiatives, educational programs, publishing, and more.