Events for April 5, 2025 - September 29

This Sunday features composer, ethnomusicologist, educator, and multi-instrumentalist Zisl Slepovitch. In honor of Jewish Heritage Month, Zisl will be performing a program of traditional Klezmer music. Yiddishkayt Initiative (YI) is a non-for-profit organization that celebrates and promotes Jewish history, life, and culture and their positive and far-reaching impact on the world. From performing arts, publishing, and education to language, philosophy, and literature, YI offers a global clearinghouse of Jewish culture and entertainment. The Ocean Drive Association presents a resident-centric and family-friendly concert series, bringing music outside of the concert hall and into the community. These events are free and open to [...]

A ROMANTIC MUSICAL COMEDY SPOTLIGHTING THE CONFLICTS AND AFFECTIONS OF JEWISH IMMIGRANTS TO AMERICA AND THEIR AMERICAN BORN CHILDREN. Based on a story by Abraham Cahan Book and Lyrics by Pamela BergerMusic by Hankus NetskyAdditional music by:Joanne Baker & Pamela Berger Director: Avi HoffmanArtistic Director: Pamela BergerChoreographer: Oren KorenblumMusic Director: Mark YorkLighting Designer: Josh Martinez-DavisSet Designer: Qingan ZhangCostume Designer: Quinn BurgessProducer/General Manager: Gabriel Szjanert Cast:Avi Hoffman as AsrielMia Mclain as FloraYochai Greenfeld as ShayaMary Feinsinger as Mrs. Birnbaum Ensemble:Daniel BarrettElmore JamesDaniella Rabbani Sirkin  In the tradition of the rollicking old-fashioned American musical comedy, here comes “Imported Bridegroom: The Musical.” Set in Olde New York circa [...]

This enlightening lecture presents an entertaining and educational evening introducing the depth and beauty of the great Yiddish writers. Renowned entertainer and Jewish cultural activist Avi Hoffman presents an entertaining and educational evening introducing the depth and beauty of the great Yiddish writers. Through both Yiddish and English poetry and prose, we rediscover the lost treasures of Yiddish culture. This lecture is based on the curricula of his mother, retired Columbia University professor and acclaimed author, journalist and playwright.   For more information: https://www.delraylibrary.org/classes/our-yiddish-shakespeares/  

Groundbreaking One-Person Play and Documentary Film celebrating the character of “Gimpel the Fool” by Nobel Laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer Groundbreaking One-Person Play and Documentary Film celebrating the character of  “Gimpel the Fool” by Nobel Laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer. Starring Howard Rypp from the Nephesh Theatre in Israel, this production, translated by Saul Bellow and featuring music by Ron Wiseman, weaves klezmer music into a surrealistic theatrical presentation. Audiences will be captivated by Gimpel’s unwavering faith and his journey through betrayal and ridicule, inspiring reflection and belief in human goodness.

Join us for a weekly schmooze to learn about YI Love Jewish, watch films and play readings, have important discussions, and meet new people.Intro to YI and what you should expect during this series. Engage in a discussion aboutthe cultural richness of Jews and how it has shaped many parts of everyone's day today life. Each week begins with refreshments.

Join us for a weekly schmooze to learn about YI Love Jewish, watch films and play readings, have important discussions, and meet new people.Avi Hoffman, presents a celebration of ‘Yinglish’ - the unique American linguistic combination of Yiddish and English. From the over 5000 Yiddish words that have officially become a part of the English language, Avi has fun with the stories and words that celebrate the idiomatic phenomenon that laid the foundation for modern mainstream culture.

Join us for a weekly schmooze to learn about YI Love Jewish, watch films and play readings, have important discussions, and meet new people.A Yiddish World Remembered is a 2002 Emmy-award-winning documentary by Andrew Goldberg that uses archival photographs, never-before-seen archival videos, and survivor testimony to reconstruct the Jewish communities of Eastern Europe, which were destroyed by the Holocaust. Oscar nominated actor Elliott Gould narrates.

Join us for a weekly schmooze to learn about YI Love Jewish, watch films and play readings, have important discussions, and meet new people.A play reading of “The Quarrel” where two estranged friends, torn apart by personal betrayal and uprooted by war, meet after years of separation. One became an Orthodox rabbi and the other a secular writer. Their accidental meeting sparks a battle of wits that tests the limits of friendship, faith and tolerance.