Celebrate Valentine’s Day and all things love with Lisa Fishman, who will be coming to Yiddishland from NYC, where she just starred as Yente the Matchmaker, as well as Bobe Tsaytl, in the Off-Broadway production of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ in Yiddish directed by Joel Grey. Spend an evening enjoying love songs and more in Yiddish, English and Ladino from the world of Jewish song. Lisa will sing romantic tunes – as well as other songs on love, longing and heartbreak – along with some comic tunes about relationships and marriage. Lisa will be accompanied on piano as well as her guitar. Nosh and drinks are included in the ticket price. This is an event suitable for couples and for singles, and will be broadcast via Zoom.

Lisa is known for being one of the lead singers of Chicago’s renowned Maxwell Street Klezmer Band for many years, as well as starring in numerous productions with NYC’s National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene. She has performed around the world, appeared on recordings and television, shared the stage with many luminaries from the world of Theater and Jewish Music, and recently provided the voice for a new dancing plush toy called “My Yiddishe Bubbie” who doles out Yiddish expressions and dances along to Klezmer music! (www.MyYiddisheBubbie.com) Lisa has a deep passion for Jewish music and loves being able to share it with others. (www.LisaFishman.com)