The Paper Bridge is a well-known motif in the Yiddish world, made famous by the great Yiddish poet Kadya Molodovsky. On her 'paper bridge', different generations of Jewish women meet. This concert evening featuring poetry, songs and visual art brings together four women who are connected by a bridge that is the Yiddish language. In a moving and captivating evening, they weave together 21st-century forms of Yiddish expression – accessible, inspiring, sensual.

Polina Shepherd: voice, piano
Diana Matut: new Yiddish poetry
Katerina Kuznetsova: new Yiddish poetry
Ella Ponizovsky Bergelson: live painting

Created in the frame of YSW 2026, Yiddish Wo:men – Another Story of Modernity. Curated by Diana Matut

Production: Sabine Roselt (stage and technical direction), Andreas Schmitges (production), Antonia Ramljak (Other Music Academy) , Photography: Shendl Copitman, Programme booklet designed by Ella Ponizovsky Bergelson, edited by Diana Matut

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