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Falafel, Freilach and Frijoles: From Mambo to Borscht

Thursday May 1, 2025 7:00pm
Concert

Co-presented by Belongó, American Society for Jewish Music, Borscht Belt Museum, and Leo Baeck Institute

This event forms part of Carnegie Hall’s Nuestros sonidos festival.


In Person:

Admission: $25
Members (YIVO, Belongó, ASJM, Borscht Belt Museum, LBI): $15
Students: $15

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Zoom Livestream:

Admission: $10

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Arturo O’Farrill, and his Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, perform a concert that explores the relationship between the Latino and Jewish communities. The evening will feature Jewish and Yiddish classics in Afro Latin big band versions, and Latin classics in Klezmer arrangements. The Orchestra will feature performances by special guests including trumpeter/slide trumpeter, composer Steven Bernstein.

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.