The Global Yiddish Story
Jewish Book Week
| David Mazower | speaker |
|---|---|
| Tom L. Freudenheim | chair |
David Mazower and Tom L. Freudenheim explore the heritage and influence of the Yiddish language, flowing through Jewish life and culture for a millennium and leaving a legacy of endless creativity.
It was the everyday language of most of the world’s Jews for a thousand years, shaping a cultural legacy of remarkable diversity and achievement. The Yiddish Book Center in Massachusetts is the first museum devoted entirely to this heritage, with its immersive permanent exhibition Yiddish: A Global Culture at its core. Its chief curator, journalist David Mazower, joins art historian and former YIVO director Tom L. Freudenheim to explore this essential yet often overlooked aspect of modern Jewish life – from migration and adaptation to innovation and enduring creativity.
This event will last approximately 1 hour, with no interval.
In association with the Yiddish Book Center
Concessions & Under 30s tickets
Kings Place Concessions Tickets
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Plan your visit
Getting here
Kings Place is situated just a few minutes’ walk from King’s Cross and St Pancras stations, one of the most connected locations in London and now the biggest transport hub in Europe.
Our address is:
90 York Way, London, N1 9AG.
The Venue
Our performance spaces are situated on the lower ground floor. Hall One, Hall Two and St Pancras are located in level -2, reached by stairs, escalator and lift from the ground floor entrance level.
Event Times
Door times indicate auditorium entrance times only. Visitors are welcome to enjoy the Kings Place seating areas, gallery-level art, canal-side terrace, café, restaurant and bar throughout the day and evening.
- Our events begin promptly at the advertised start time. Typically, there is no support unless otherwise stated.
- We recommend arriving in good time before the performance. The Hall doors will open 30 minutes before the performance to allow time to take your seats, or to choose a space for standing shows.
- Latecomers will be admitted at a suitable break in the performance where possible
Access
We aim to make your visit to Kings Place as comfortable as possible. For more information about the accessibility of Kings Place, including details about our Access Scheme, please visit this page.
If you would like to discuss your access requirements with a member of our team, please get in touch with the Box Office team at info@kingsplace.co.uk.
Food & Drink
Rotunda Bar & Restaurant
Rotunda, situated on the ground floor of Kings Place, offers a unique dining and drinking experience alongside Regent’s Canal. The concert bar in the venue foyer will also be open for select events.
Green & Fortune Café
Recently re-furbished and now open with a new look, the Green & Fortune Café is open for selected concerts. Serving hot and cold food and drinks, including sandwiches, salads, soup, stew and a pie of the day, alongside a choice of cakes made by the on-site bakery team. See here for selected concert dates and standard opening hours.
David Mazower
BBC journalist and great-grandson of Yiddish writer Sholem Asch, David Mazower is the Yiddish Book Center’s research bibliographer and editorial director. He is also the chief curator and writer of the Center’s landmark permanent exhibition, Yiddish: A Global Culture. Prior to joining the Center, he was a senior staff journalist with BBC World News in London and deputy curator of the Jewish Museum London. He writes for the Digital Yiddish Theatre Project and is the author of Yiddish Theatre in London. His dozens of published articles include several on his great-grandfather, Yiddish writer Sholem Asch, as well as explorations of Yiddish theatre and popular culture, British Jewish history, Jewish art, and the Yiddish salon of Bronx poet Bertha Kling. He graduated in history from Cambridge University and has a postgraduate diploma in Russian.
Tom L. Freudenheim
An art historian and retired museum director, Tom L. Freudenheim studied at Harvard College, Hebrew Union College, and New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts, where his focus was on Islamic and Early Christian art. He served as director of the Baltimore Museum of Art, Worcester Art Museum, and the Gilbert Collection (London), as well as Assistant Secretary for Museums at the Smithsonian Institution (Washington), where he had oversight responsibility for the national museums. He was also director of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and Deputy Director/COO of Berlin’s Jewish Museum. Freudenheim has written about issues relating to art and religion for many years, as well as about art and museums for The Wall Street Journal, Curator: The Museum Journal, and other publications.