Nisht Keyn Fest! And more Shtetl events in December

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Happy almost December, friends!

We hope you are all well, and finding some comfort and warmth as winter sets in.

We have entered the dark times here in Berlin, where it feels like the day ends shortly after it has begun. We understand - we have a hard time with it too. But it's a good time of year to gather our friends and community around us, light candles, and enjoy being together.

And so it is time for the 3rd annual Shtetl Berlin Nisht Keyn Festival!!

Join us for four evenings in a row of great events centered around the winter solstice, as we begin the slow journey back towards longer days and the warmth of springtime.

All information is below, along with more events in the coming few weeks where you can join us, or our friends and colleagues.

We wish you all warm drinks, cozy slippers, good friends, and fun times in the long nights ahead!

Mit sholem,

- Patrick and the Shtetl Berlin team

Presenting

Nisht Keyn Fest 2024!!

Shtetl Berlin's
Nisht Keyn Festival

19-22 December 2024

For the third year in a row, we host our Not-No-Festival!

Don't call it a festival! We present 4 evenings in a row during the longest nights of the year, designed to bring light and community to these darker days.

This year we're bringing you two concerts, a klezmer session, and a zingeray!

All events are free admission!

Donations are gratefully accepted.

Join us for a very special edition of this new tradition!

Made possible with funding from the Aktionsfonds gegen Antisemitismus of the Berliner Senat

Part of the Shtetl Berlin series "Undzer Shtetl, Unsere Stadt"

All information on our website here.

Keep your eyes there and on our Facebook page for more updated information!

Light It Up!
Chanukkah in Shtetl Berlin
Thursday December 19 20:00
PANDA platforma
In the spirit of Chanukkah, Shtetl Berlin gathers an all-star band to celebrate with joyous klezmer music and Yiddish songs. Don't forget your dancing shoes!
Advance registration required here

Neukölln Klezmer Session take #111
11th Birthday Edition!
Friday December 20 19:00

Oblomov Kreuzkölln

Drink a l'khayim with us on the 11th birthday of one of the longest-running jam session in Berlin! We're happy to invite you to our favorite neighborhood bar for shared playing, singing, dancing, and socializing.
Everyone is welcome to join, as long as you're being nice to each other!

Zolst loybn dem tog
Praise the Day
Saturday December 21 19:00
Prachtwerk
A very special concert for the winter solstice, presenting songs of praise, peace, and joy from the Jewish, Muslim, and Christian traditions. Featuring Sveta Kundish & Alan Bern, IJLAL, and Viksnin. Join us for an inter-religious/inter-cultural celebration for the winter holidays, the end of the calendar year, and the turning of our hemisphere towards the light.

Shtetl Zingeray!

A Yiddish Sing-Along

Sunday December 22 19:00

Galerie ZeitZone

A community singing session, a “zingeray”, over by our friends at Zeitzone. Hosted by Sasha Lurje, it’s a great chance to learn some new songs, share one of your own with the rest of the room, and sing some good-old familiar melodies together!

SAVE THE DATES!

Shtetl Berlin Festival 2025

10-15 June, 2025

Mark your calendars, khaverim!

Berlin's only grassroots festival dedicated to Yiddish culture is back for another year!

Jam sessions! Concerts! Workshops! Theater! More!

Come enjoy a week of community music, singing, dancing, and shmoozing in various locations around our great hoyptshtot!

More info in the coming weeks and months.

Neukölln Klezmer Session take #110

Thursday November 28 19:00

Oblomov

(Lenaustr. 7)

Free!

Tomorrow!

Join us as always at Oblomov from 19:00-22:00 for klezmer jam sessions for all! Our more-than-a-decade-long klezmer-in-Neukölln tradition continues!

Everyone is welcome to join, as long as you're being nice to each other.

Don't forget to come early at 18:30 for our tune-learning sessions. Learn a tune or two and then join in the jam!

Donations for the tune-learning session gratefully accepted.

Keeping it in the Family

"Lieder, die meine Grossväter schrieben"
Wednesday November 27 19:00

Jüdisches Gemeindehaus Fasanenstrasse

(Fasanenstr. 79)

12 €

Today!

Imagine having two grandfathers who were songwriters and were as successful in their day as Andrew Lloyd Webber and Stephen Sondheim are today! Amazingly, Michael Alexander Willens is lucky enough to be the grandson of both Alexander Olshanetsky and Herman Yablokoff, two of the most successful songwriters who wrote the music for many of the Yiddish theater musicals that flourished in New York in the first half of the 20th century.

Along with Roman Grinberg and the Kölner Akademie Bigband, he has crafted a tribute to his grandfathers in the old "Broadway show-band" tradition, featuring our very own Sasha Lurje and Christian Dawid!

Presented as part of the Internationale Tage jüdischer Musik, now in its 7th year!

David Krakauer, Kinan Azmeh, and Friends

Friday December 6 20:00

Jazz Institut Berlin

Georg-Neumann-Saal

(Einsteinufer 43-53)

20/8 €

Legendary klezmer clarinetist David Krakauer and virtuoso Syrian clarinetist Kinan Azmeh come to town to play a special concert in the acoustically wonderful and intimate Georg-Neumann concert hall at the Berlin Jazz Institut. This is a great opportunity to see these very special wind players up close and personal!

The concert is preceded by a podium discussion at 18:00 titled "How can I listen so I can play with you?"

Nesiya

Saturday December 14 19:30

Jüdische Kulturschiff MS Goldberg

(Mühlenstr. 73)

20/10 €

Our khaver Sveta Kundish is singing with a new band, founded with seasoned Berliner jazz musicians, which creates a unique mixture of diverse sounds from the world of jazz and improvised music that merge with the deep spirit of traditional and modern songs in Yiddish and Hebrew. Nesiya's music is a journey into the distance and into the depths, an invitation to a realm in which the traditional and contemporary, and personal stories and universal themes merge.

Come check out one of their first performances, on the water aboard the good ship MS Goldberg!

Jews! Jews! Jews! presents
Feeling Gelty? A Hanukkah Extravaganzakkah
Saturday December 14 19:00
Hole44

(Hermannstr. 146)

25 €

Our crazy friends over at Jews! Jews! Jews! are back with their semi-annual Hannukah celebration! Join them for an absurd and wonderful evening of drag, burlesque, pole dance, live music, and more, with house music, beats, and bops galore!

We at Shtetl are committed to continuing our work of promoting Yiddish culture in Berlin. While that is the main focus of our organization, we want to encourage all in our community to remain mindful of the current conflicts in Ukraine and Israel/Palestine/Lebanon, do what you can to support those in need, and continue working for a better and more just world for all.

Ні війні
Нет войне
No to war
ניט קיין מלחמה

لا للحرب

לא למלחמה

The Shtetl Berlin Team

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