Basya Schecter and Avi Fox-Rosen present:

Itzik Manger’s Khumesh Lider

Basya Schechter and Avi Fox-Rosen present original song settings for 20th-century Eastern European Yiddish poet Itzik Manger’s collection of Khumesh Lider (Bible stories). Characters we know and love like Adam and Eve, Abraham and Sarah are plucked out of Canaan and set in interwar Eastern Europe. Hasidim, Turks, Egyptians, and Canaanites collide in the mythical geography Manger creates. The music weaves together a singer-songwriter aesthetic with theater, pop, and world music influences, arranged with lush vocal harmonies throughout. Basya and Avi are joined by an ensemble of many of New York’s leading creative Jewish musicians, including Yoshie Fruchter on, guitar, and voice; Eleonore Weill on flutes and voice; Shai Wetzer on percussion; and Kaia Berman Peters on accordion, voice, and electronics.

Past Performances:

• Yiddish New York festival, 2022.

• Yiddish Book Center Yidstock festival 2024.