SMÍSH GEMÍSH is Sarah Myerson (SM), a Yiddish dancer and an ordained cantor, and Ilya Shneyveys (ÍSH), a klezmer multi-instrumentalist. They put the ear in learning, the now in knowledge, and the oy in joy.

Children of all ages and heritages are invited to join the Museum for a family program with SMÍSH as they mix  (GEMÍSH) song, dance, games, and stories, and learn a bit of Yiddish along the way.

This program will be held live in the Museum’s Edmond J. Safra Hall. To attend the program in person (limited capacity), register here. To attend the program from home by watching the livestream, register here. Both in person and virtual attendance are free, but a $10 suggested donation helps enable us to present programs like this one. We thank you for your support.

This program is sponsored in part through the Battery Park City Authority community partnership.

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Family programs at the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust are made possible, in part, by the Margaret Neubart Foundation Trust.

Public programming at the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust is made possible, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature; a Humanities New York CARES Grant with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the federal CARES Act; and other generous donors.

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