SHTETL BERLIN 2021 December 2 - 5 - Yiddish Culture Festival
Shtetl Berlin 2021 is the 5th grassroots gathering celebrating the vibrancy and diversity of contemporary Yiddish culture in Berlin. After a year of pandemic-era online events the festival is back in-person December 2 - 5, 2021 at various locations around Berlin. Join us for Yiddish dance, song, language and klezmer music mini-workshops, concerts, cabaret, book launch, dance ball, jam sessions and more!
COVID-19 RULES
To ensure the safety of everyone there is a "2G" requirement for all indoor events. Everyone must either be vaccinated or recovered from Covid-19 and have proof at hand.
In addition, for our specifically Shtetl Berlin events (Shtetl Fest and the Sunday Dec. 5 Jam Session) we will have a "2G+" rule, which requires that everyone arrive also with proof of a recent negative Covid-19 test.
We will also be conducting contact tracing at our events. Please have the Corona-Warn-App on your smartphone when you arrive, if at all possible.
Scroll down for this year's festival program and details.
Click here for information about Shtetl Fest on December 4, and to register for the workshops.
Shtetl Berlin 2021 is the 5th grassroots gathering celebrating the vibrancy and diversity of contemporary Yiddish culture in Berlin. After a year of pandemic-era online events the festival is back in-person December 2 - 5, 2021 at various locations around Berlin. Join us for Yiddish dance, song, language and klezmer music mini-workshops, concerts, cabaret, book launch, dance ball, jam sessions and more!
COVID-19 RULES
To ensure the safety of everyone there is a "2G" requirement for all indoor events. Everyone must either be vaccinated or recovered from Covid-19 and have proof at hand.
In addition, for our specifically Shtetl Berlin events (Shtetl Fest and the Sunday Dec. 5 Jam Session) we will have a "2G+" rule, which requires that everyone arrive also with proof of a recent negative Covid-19 test.
We will also be conducting contact tracing at our events. Please have the Corona-Warn-App on your smartphone when you arrive, if at all possible.
Scroll down for this year's festival program and details.
Click here for information about Shtetl Fest on December 4, and to register for the workshops.
FESTIVAL PROGRAM
Monday November 29 | 19:00
Arkady 100!
Online with Zoom
Register here for the Zoom link and to join us!
co-presented by Yiddish Summer Weimar and KlezKanada
An pre-festival Shtetl Berlin online party for Arkady Gendler’s 100th geburtstog.
The original yiddish rock star, a treasury of yiddish song and language, and a real mentsh, Arkady Gendler was a beloved member of the Yiddish community and an important link between the old and the new worlds in the klezmer revival. The songs he wrote, taught and performed at countless workshops and festivals around the world have become an integral part of the contemporary Yiddish repertoire. This evening we’ll throw an online party in honor of Arkady’s 100th birthday, and remember him with videos (including some rare, previously unreleased footage), photos, recordings and stories told by his close friends and students, as well as by Arkady himself.
This event will also be broadcast live on Facebook and YouTube. Stay tuned for details.
Thursday December 2 | 19:00
Hanukkah at the JMB: Shtetl Berlin All-Star Concert
Jewish Museum Berlin
Lindenstr. 9-14, 10969 Berlin
It has become a tradition for Shtetl Berlin to celebrate Hanukkah at the Jewish Museum Berlin. This year features a celebration of Yiddish and Hanukkah songs backed-up by an all-star band of your Shtetl Berlin team and friends.
Featuring Sasha Lurje, Sveta Kundish, Patrick Farrell, Sanne Möricke, Christian Dawid, Craig Judelman and more!
Entry is free. Registration required at the above link.
The concert will be live-streamed on the JMB YouTube page and here:
Monday November 29 | 19:00
Arkady 100!
Online with Zoom
Register here for the Zoom link and to join us!
co-presented by Yiddish Summer Weimar and KlezKanada
An pre-festival Shtetl Berlin online party for Arkady Gendler’s 100th geburtstog.
The original yiddish rock star, a treasury of yiddish song and language, and a real mentsh, Arkady Gendler was a beloved member of the Yiddish community and an important link between the old and the new worlds in the klezmer revival. The songs he wrote, taught and performed at countless workshops and festivals around the world have become an integral part of the contemporary Yiddish repertoire. This evening we’ll throw an online party in honor of Arkady’s 100th birthday, and remember him with videos (including some rare, previously unreleased footage), photos, recordings and stories told by his close friends and students, as well as by Arkady himself.
This event will also be broadcast live on Facebook and YouTube. Stay tuned for details.
Thursday December 2 | 19:00
Hanukkah at the JMB: Shtetl Berlin All-Star Concert
Jewish Museum Berlin
Lindenstr. 9-14, 10969 Berlin
It has become a tradition for Shtetl Berlin to celebrate Hanukkah at the Jewish Museum Berlin. This year features a celebration of Yiddish and Hanukkah songs backed-up by an all-star band of your Shtetl Berlin team and friends.
Featuring Sasha Lurje, Sveta Kundish, Patrick Farrell, Sanne Möricke, Christian Dawid, Craig Judelman and more!
Entry is free. Registration required at the above link.
The concert will be live-streamed on the JMB YouTube page and here:
Friday December 3 | 20:00
Jews! Jews! Jews! A Minori-tease Cabaret Chanukkah Special
Oyoun - Kultur NeuDenken
Lucy-Lameck-Str. 32, 12049 Berlin
We're proud to team up with Jews! Jews! Jews! for what promises to be a high-energy and hilarious evening.
"Berlin's favorite "minori-tease" cabaret is BACK with a star-studded lineup for your Hanukkah enjoyment!
After a two year government-mandated ban on Hanukkah/Chanukkah/Chanukah, Jews! Jews! Jews! returns!!
We know you've missed our applesauce antics and sour cream songs. so don't forego this latke-tunity to see this star-studded lineup of drag, burlesque, music, and cabaret on a brand new GIANT STAGE!! We are thrilled to bring you Berlin and Europe's best Jew and Jew-adjacent talent. Pack your dreidels and your gelt, it's time to light those candles together once again."
And look out for some surprise klezmer shenanigans!
Saturday December 4 | 11:00 - 01:00
SHTETL FEST
Forum Factory
Besselstr. 13-14, 10969 Berlin
A full day of workshops, jam sessions, dancing, listening, and togetherness. Click here for full schedule!
Sunday December 5 | 16:00 - 20:00
Khanike Shtetl
Hillel Deutschland
Please note the change in event from the program on our fliers (below)!
Join us and our friends at Base Berlin/Hillel Deutschland for a cozy music-filled Chanuka festival! Celebrate with us in their little Neuköllnische Shtetl with traditional Yiddish music, authentic Greek street food, and a meaningful communal candle lighting.
We'll start the evening off with a grand Yiddish sing-along, led by Sasha Lurje, Patrick Farrell, and Craig Judelman!
Entry is free. Register here, you will get the address sent to you upon confirmation.
Sunday December 5 | 19:00 - 22:00
Shtetl Berlin Final Jam Session
Shtetl Berlin 2021 is drawing to a close, so let's have a jam and be on our way. We'll get together at the "Theologisches Konvikt" at Borsigstraße 5 with the entire Shtetl team and, hopefully, all of you. Bring an instrument and see you at the jam!
Jews! Jews! Jews! A Minori-tease Cabaret Chanukkah Special
Oyoun - Kultur NeuDenken
Lucy-Lameck-Str. 32, 12049 Berlin
We're proud to team up with Jews! Jews! Jews! for what promises to be a high-energy and hilarious evening.
"Berlin's favorite "minori-tease" cabaret is BACK with a star-studded lineup for your Hanukkah enjoyment!
After a two year government-mandated ban on Hanukkah/Chanukkah/Chanukah, Jews! Jews! Jews! returns!!
We know you've missed our applesauce antics and sour cream songs. so don't forego this latke-tunity to see this star-studded lineup of drag, burlesque, music, and cabaret on a brand new GIANT STAGE!! We are thrilled to bring you Berlin and Europe's best Jew and Jew-adjacent talent. Pack your dreidels and your gelt, it's time to light those candles together once again."
And look out for some surprise klezmer shenanigans!
Saturday December 4 | 11:00 - 01:00
SHTETL FEST
Forum Factory
Besselstr. 13-14, 10969 Berlin
A full day of workshops, jam sessions, dancing, listening, and togetherness. Click here for full schedule!
Sunday December 5 | 16:00 - 20:00
Khanike Shtetl
Hillel Deutschland
Please note the change in event from the program on our fliers (below)!
Join us and our friends at Base Berlin/Hillel Deutschland for a cozy music-filled Chanuka festival! Celebrate with us in their little Neuköllnische Shtetl with traditional Yiddish music, authentic Greek street food, and a meaningful communal candle lighting.
We'll start the evening off with a grand Yiddish sing-along, led by Sasha Lurje, Patrick Farrell, and Craig Judelman!
Entry is free. Register here, you will get the address sent to you upon confirmation.
Sunday December 5 | 19:00 - 22:00
Shtetl Berlin Final Jam Session
Shtetl Berlin 2021 is drawing to a close, so let's have a jam and be on our way. We'll get together at the "Theologisches Konvikt" at Borsigstraße 5 with the entire Shtetl team and, hopefully, all of you. Bring an instrument and see you at the jam!
