Concert: Yiddish is in my Genes

Session: You Are The Future — a multi-media tribute to those who perished in the Holocaust.

Naomi Miller

Accompanied by Janet and Manny Sosinsky

Naomi Miller, singer and recording artist, began her musical career while rehearsing in the waiting room of the Mikveh that her parents maintained in Paterson New Jersey. Since then she has performed in cabarets, across the country and abroad in Prague, Spain and this July at the Krakow Festival in Poland. Growing up, she had two dreams - to become a singer and to act in the Yiddish theatre. Both have come true!

Naomi performs a program of Yiddish songs taught to her by her mother, Rosa, a survivor of the Holocaust, and, of course, by Art Raymond, the WEVD radio celebrity whose show seemed always to be on in Rosa’s kitchen. Years later, it was a wonderful treat for Naomi to hear the songs from her hit recordings played on that very radio show.

Naomi will delight you with a live performance almost all in Yiddish, including patter. The show is accompanied by SuperTitles (English captions) for the Yiddish impaired!

Her experience as an actor with the Folksbiene Yiddish theatre gives her an added plus when she interprets Yiddish songs for her audiences.

Naomi’s first language was Yiddish, but it later matured into a fluent “tzebrocheneh” (broken) Yiddish. She feels that this is only fair since her parents spoke a “tzebrocheneh” English!

Raised in a home where the “Mama Lushon” was the primary language, Naomi is determined to perpetuate a language that was almost lost in the Holocaust. Her love of Yiddish music is second only to her love of the songs of Israel. Naomi is committed to the music and memories of both of our languages – committed to their warmth, sadness, wit and joy. Be prepared to clap, hum, tup, remember and sing along with Naomi.