Seattle Yiddish Fest

Seattle Yiddish Fest brings legends of Yiddish culture to Seattle March 6-10!
Celebrate Yiddish music, art and culture with workshops, lectures, concerts, jams, Shabes Tish, an art exhibition and more.
This year the festival is increasing our offerings in cultural, linguistic and visual arts including an evening with author Michael Wex March 6 and Benny Ferdman’s incredible art exhibition opening March 7.
Don’t miss our Sunday Lecture Series at Ohr Chadash and Faculty Concert at the Royal Room.
Visiting Faculty:
Michael Wex – NY Times Best-Selling author of Born to Kvetch
Susan Hoffman-Watts – 4th generation Philadelphia Trumpeter
Benny Ferdman – LA-based artist, educator; co-director of camp Wildcraft
Ilya Shneyveys – Accordionist & arranger from Riga/Brooklyn
Sarah Larrson – Yiddish singer & cultural organizer from Minneapolis
Local Faculty:
Sasha Senderovich – UW Professor, Author: ‘How the Soviet Jew was Made’
Sarah Zarrow – Author, dance leader, professor of Jewish Studies at W. Washington University
Faith Jones – Vancouver BC based translator & Librarian specializing in female Yiddish poets
Marianne Tatom – Yiddish teacher, clarinetist
Maia Brown – Artist, activist, organizer, member of ‘Brivele’
Craig Judelman – Festival Director, Violinist
Registration, detailed schedule more info, www.seattleyiddishfest.com (all fees are sliding scale).