Presented by the National Yiddish Theatre – Folksbiene

Starring Elmore James an Zalmen Miotek. With a special guest appearance by Cantor Magda Fishman.

After an extraordinary debut at the Singer Festival in Warsaw, Poland, Broadway and international opera star, Elmore James and Artistic Director of the National Yiddish Theatre – Folksbiene, Zalmen Miotek take you on a musical journey through the repertoire of Paul Robeson, the great African-American singer, actor and civil-rights activist.

Together, they explore the pathos inherent in love ballads, songs of the sweatshop and slavery, and melodies of spirituality, protest and hope. With inspiring interpretations, this new concert breathes fresh life into songs of revolutionary poets and Holocaust-era partisans, classic Yiddish songs and Broadway favorites.

This concert is presented free of charge to the community by the Holocaust Memorial Committee and the UJF Levy Romanowitz fund, as a tribute to Hesh Romanowitz z”l.

ADL, Chavurat Aytz Chayim,, Congregation Agudath Sholom, Jewish Historical Society, Selah, Temple Beth El, Temple Sinai, UJA/UCC Greenwich, UJF of Greater Stamford, Union Baptist Church and Young Israel are co-sponsors.