Luise Fakler is a public historian and musician from Berlin and an
active member of various Yiddish projects and festivals, including
Generation J, Yiddish Summer Weimar and Shtetl Berlin.
Luise Fakler
By Luise Fakler
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German audiences are enthusiastic about the show “Tshemodan,” where circus artists perform to a live klezmer band
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Yiddish World Yiddish fans in Berlin launch a Yiddish open mic series
The goal is to bring together the Yiddish language and literary culture community and the thriving local Yiddish music scene
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