
Join Us In-Person at Miles Nadal JCC in Toronto
Manger's Megilleh
A Purim Comedy Show Starring Yiddish Entertainer Janie Respitz
Date: Thursday March 20
Time: 1:30-3:00pm
Location: Miles Nadal JCC, 750 Spadina (at Bloor)
Admission: $12.00
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For registration assistance, please call the Miles Nadal JCC Information Desk at 416-924-6211 x0 or email help@mnjcc.org
When the great Yiddish poet Itzik Manger created his famous Megilleh Cycle, he transported the Book of Esther characters from ancient Persia to his 1937 Warsaw. Borrowing from the medieval epic style, Manger integrated living folk poetry with a forgotten literary tradition, and his inclusion of additional characters added a brilliant comic/tragic element to the Purim story. During Manger’s lifetime, his poems were put to music and staged with great success in Tel Aviv in 1967.
Janie Respitz brings these characters alive in a one woman show, complete with English narration and the original Yiddish songs. We’ll have humentashen and prizes for best costumes – so put on a Purim outfit and join in the fun!
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!
Co-Sponsored by Miles Nadal JCC and the UJA Committee for Yiddish.
Presented in partnership with the Yiddish Vinkl and Grodzinski Bakery.