Lori Shulamis Leifer

The Wall (by Millard Lempell)

This is an elaborate staged-reading of this show based on the novel by John Hersey. An INCREDIBLE script! I'm honored to be a part of this project. I will play the part of "Halinka".

Directed by Suzanne Toren and The National Yiddish Theater, Folksbiene

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At the Museum of Jewish Heritage

7pm

FREE - but almost sold out!

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https://nytf.org/the-wall-staged-reading/

Songs from Jews in Colonial America

Studio 353

353 West 48th Street, 2nd Floor

1pm

FREE

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I will be singing/playing Sephardic songs in collaboration with the Israel America Foundation's lecture on Jews in Colonial America 

Der Goylem (w English supertitles)

Der Golem (The Golem). A staged-reading. In Yiddish with English supertitles. Incredible show -- has not been performed in decades!

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The Museum of Jewish Heritage

7pm

Free - but selling out fast!

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https://nytf.org/the-golem/

Mame's Loshn Kugel

Atlanta, Georgia

Yom HaShoah Commemoration

Yiddish song and stories from 3rd generations holocaust survivors.

Town and Village Synagogue

334 E 14th St, New York, NY 10003

7pm

Jewish Songs

353 West 48th Street, 2nd Floor

1:30pm

Mame's Loshn Kugel

Congregation Mishkan Yisrael, Hamden, CT

7:30pm

$40

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Sholem Aleichem Cultural Tsenter

Honored to be singing Yiddish songs at such a culturally rich and historic location. Yiddish songs will be followed by a presentation by Karolina Szymaniak from the University of Wroclaw, Poland.

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1:30pm

3301 Bainbridge Avenue, corner 208th St. (near Montefiore Hospital)

Bronx, NY

Jewish Music

I'll be singing all kinds of Jewish classics at a birthday party in Riverdale, NY

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3pm

Kabbalat Shabbat in Riverdale!

Let's bring in Shabbat together! Renewal-style Maariv service follows Kabbalat Shabbat and Torah study.

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Five Star Residences

537 Riverdale Ave 

Yonkers, NY 10705

2pm

TISHA B'AV (SAD) SONGS

Saddest songs in the Jewish song cannon in commemoration of the destruction of the temple.

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Israel America Foundation

108 West 39th Street
Suite #1001

2pm

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Bagels & coffee served

Folksbiene - "Our Leading Ladies"

Happy Mother's Day!

Spend mothers day celebrating wonderful Jewish Women of the world. Hosted by Tova Feldshuh. I'm in the ensemble! :)

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3pm

This is a Gala, so tickets are on a sliding scale

Folksbiene - National Yiddish Theater Trumpenikes

"MAMA'S LOSHN KUGEL"

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We are a traveling comedy group of Yiddish-speaking actors & singers. Come hear us sing some heartwrenching Yiddish folk songs and hilarious sketches - all in Yiddish (with English and Russian subtitles)!!

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Jewish Congregation of New Paltz

New Paltz, NY

(This is an NYTF Gala fundraiser, so tickets are a sliding scale)

7pm

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Yiddish Songs on Yom Hashoah

Join me at the Actor's Temple with Rabbi Jill Haussman as we commemorate people who perished in the shoah, using Yiddish song and prayer.

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Actor's Temple

308 W 46th St, New York, NY 10036

(212) 947-3499

7:00pm

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Torah Study & Renewal Shabbat Services!

Starting at 1pm I will be substituting for Rabbi Chani Getter and leading a 1-hour Torah-study on the weekly Parsha. Starting at 2pm I will be leading a Renewal-style Shabbat service for the residents at 5-Star Residences Independent Living. Join us!

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Riverdale, NY

Torah Study & Renewal Shabbat Services!

Starting at 1pm I will be substituting for Rabbi Chani Getter in leading a 1-hour Torah-study on the weekly Parsha. Starting at 2pm I will be leading a Renewal-style Shabbat service for the residents at 5-Star Residences Independent Living. Join us!

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Riverdale, NY

THE LOSER WHO WON!

Come be taken on a journey through a fortuitous moment in the simple life of John Brinkman, protagonist of THE LOSER WHO WON. There will be pizza, beer and a Yiddish folk music sing-a-long to follow!

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Sixth Street Synagogue

325 East 6th Street

(at 2nd Avenue)

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RSVP here! https://www.facebook.com/events/184813255311166/

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7pm

YIVO Yiddish Folk Open Mic

I'll be performing a very awesome song, maybe two! Here is the Facebook event invite:

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https://www.facebook.com/events/287320634986838/?notif_t=plan_user_associated&notif_id=1480955724912958

Folksbiene - National Yiddish theater: Trompenikes

Come see our show "MAMA'S LOSHN KUGEL"

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We are a traveling comedy group of Yiddish-speaking actors & singers. Come hear us sing some heartwrenching Yiddish folks and act in hilarious skits!!

Folksbiene - National Yiddish Theater: KultureFest

2pm & 7pm 

Baruch Performing Arts Center

25th Street & Lexington Avenue

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This is a play about a *very* intense wedding that took place in a DP (displaced persons) camp. It's a must-see!!

FREE! At the Brooklyn Public Library, Mapleton & Sheapshead Bay Branches

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A musical revue featuring new and classic Yiddish comedy and music, performed in Yiddish with English translation supertitles. The Drama Desk Award-winning National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, which celebrated its centenary in 2015, is the longest continuously producing Yiddish theatre company in the world.

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MAPELTON BRANCH LOCATION

1702 60th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11204

718.256.2117

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SHEAPSHEAD BAY BRANCH LOCATION

2636 E 14th St

(718) 368-1815

Kabbalat Shabbat at Shir HaMaalot

I'm leading services for the 1st time EVER. Gulp. Hope it's a good one. I'm using the melody for "vu iz dos gesele" on Lecha Dodi. I made the shidduch myself!

This event happens every Thursday night starting at 10pm. I play Yiddish folk songs whenever I go to Chulent

Pesach! With the Israel America Foundation

A full Peach (Passover) seder with musical interludes

Brooklyn Public Library, Dweck Center

A musical revue featuring new and classic Yiddish comedy and music, performed in Yiddish with English translation supertitles. The Drama Desk Award-winning National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, which celebrated its centenary in 2015, is the longest continuously producing Yiddish theatre company in the world.

Click here for tickets!

The Loser Who Won

Workshop Theater Company - 6:30pm