The Yiddish Open Mic Café is a participatory Yiddish jamboree of poems, stories, songs, serious and funny, all in Yiddish, but with English translation. We have been meeting monthly since April 2018, both via Zoom and in London.
68th Yiddish Open Mic Café
Sunday, 22 September, on Zoom
דער 68סטן ייִדישער אָפֿענער־מיקראָפֿאָן קאַפֿע אױף זום, זונטיק, דעם 22סטן סעפּטעמבער
4 pm UK 8 am PST 11 am EST
Noon ART 17:00 CET 18:00 IST
This Month’s Theme:
- The High Holidays
- Wishing Everyone Good Health, Happiness and Peace
- Balance
Join lovers of Yiddish from all over the world for songs, poetry, stories, jokes, games and more. Material will be presented in Yiddish, with Yiddish and English texts on the screen.
We invite old and new performers to participate, on the theme or not. The audience is kind, and it’s very rewarding.
Please send your presentations of up to 6 minutes in PowerPoint (preferably) or Word in both Yiddish (preferably oysyes, or transliteration) and English translation to openmic@yiddishcafe.com by Wednesday, September 18.
We are happy to translate your material, time permitting.
Questions? Contact us at openmic@yiddishcafe.com
To perform or join the audience, please register at
You can find recordings of previous programmes on:
https://www.youtube.com/@yiddishopenmiccafe2297
We look forward to seeing you!
About us
The Yiddish Open Mic Café is accessible worldwide through Zoom. We regularly have participants and an audience from all parts of the UK, as well as from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Israel, Mexico, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Ukraine and the USA.
Whether you are a Yiddish student, teacher, scholar, or someone who heard a word or a phrase at home from parents or grandparents, or simply interested in Yiddish, you are welcome to be part of the audience or have a turn at the mic, in front of a warm and friendly audience. Participants range from people starting to learn Yiddish, to those for whom Yiddish is their mother tongue.
Contributions Welcomed!
Some performers contribute their own work; others perform songs / stories / poems / sketches written by others, including material by well-known Yiddish writers. We are very happy to welcome new presenters and delighted that others have become regulars. Please indicate your interest early so we can make sure your name goes onto the list.
Past recordings
You can find recordings of our previous programmes on our YouTube channel.
We look forward to seeing you.