Saturday, November 15

Written in Breath, Performance by Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell

Saturday, November 15, 1:30pm at Sinai Temple.

Space is limited. Admission is at no cost, but please be sure to register to reserve your spot, as we may not be able to accommodate you otherwise. Register here.

Yiddish Song presents yet another vibrant, relevant body of Jewish texts with which to engage, celebrate and—of course!—argue about the continuities of Jewish spiritual and cultural life. In Written in Breath, Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell leads a lively discussion where classic Jewish texts (Tehilim, Nevi'im and Talmud) are compared and contrasted with Yiddish texts from songs that are performed as a part of the presentation.

Anthony Russell is a multidisciplinary artist working in the medium of Yiddish language and culture. His work in Ashkenazi Jewish musical forms led to an exploration of his own ethnic roots through the research, arrangement and performance of a hundred years of African American music, resulting in the EP Convergence (2018), a collaboration with klezmer consort Veretski Pass exploring the sounds and themes of one hundred years of African American and Ashkenazi Jewish music.