“Yiddish Today” with Mendy Cahan
- June 19, 2022
- Online
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Online
Join us for a Zoom discussion with artist and cultural activist Mendy Cahan.
We are the first to talk with him about his work in movies, TV shows, and theater. We will also talk about his poetry, his badkhones, and his music.
Sunday, June 19, 2022
11:00 am (EDT)
8:00 am (PDT)
17:00 (Paris)
18:00 (Israel)
https://ucl.zoom.us/j/91587469499?pwd=VFQ4UWVSM1g3ZnAxdTdtbkJqOGJvUT09
Meeting ID: 915 8746 9499
Passcode: 756818
Mendy Cahan is the founder and director of YUNG YiDiSH, a Yiddish organization in Israel, from 1990 until today. Mendy is an actor, and has performed in countless Yiddish works over the past 30 years, in theater, film and television programs. Mendy is also a singer, and has founded a Yiddish band "Der Yiddish-Express" which has released a CD called "Yiddish Fever". He has written poetry for various Yiddish magazines. Over the years, he has taught and built courses on Yiddish, Yiddish literature, history, badkhones and more, in various Yiddish institutions such as the California Yiddish Institute, the Yiddish Summer Program in Weimar, the Yiddish Summer Program at Tel Aviv University, the Summer Program for University College London – UCL, and at Vilnius University.
- June 19, 2022
- Online