The UJA Committee for Yiddish and Miles Nadal JCC in Toronto Present A Special In-Person Event
Yiddish Passover Song Workshop
With Yiddish Entertainer Janie Respitz
Date: Sunday, April 6, 2025
Workshop: 2:00-3:30pm
Refreshments: 3:30-4:00pm
Location: Miles Nadal JCC, 750 Spadina (at Bloor)
Admission: $10
As we begin to prepare for Peysakh, we will read, translate, and sing some wonderful Yiddish Passover songs, examining their historical, political and educational value. All materials and song sheets will be provided in Yiddish and English transliterations, so you can easily incorporate them into your Seder’s song repertoire. Prior knowledge of Yiddish is not required. Kosher refreshments will be served.
Presented in Partnership with the Yiddish Vinkl.
Janie Respitz is a Yiddish scholar and entertainer. For over thirty years she has performed in concerts throughout the world and taught courses relating to Yiddish language, folklore, literature and Eastern European Jewish history, at Queen’s University, McGill University, Bernard Betel Centre, Cummings Jewish Centre for Seniors and a variety of other learning environments. Janie has delighted audiences with her vast repertoire of Yiddish songs and lecture topics in Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, Windsor, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Klez Kanada, New York, Krakow, Montevideo, Israel and in 2019 won the international Yiddish Idol song competition in Mexico City!
