Lea Kalisch Sings a Yiddish Classic - "Oyfen Pripetshik"

Oyfen Pripetshik is a is a Yiddish song by M.M. Warshawsky (1848–1907). The song is about a rabbi teaching his young students the aleph-bet. By the end of the 19th century it was one of the most popular songs of the Jews of Central and Eastern Europe, and as such it is a major musical memory of pre-Holocaust Europe. The song is still sung in Jewish kindergartens.

Here it is sung by Lea Kalisch, a multi-lingual and multi-disciplinary New York City based performer. Originally from Switzerland, Lea moved to NYC in 2014 to study at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. She earned a BFA in Musical Theater from The New School.

Lea has an insatiable curiosity for life and loves to use her vigorous enthusiasm to entertain and challenge audiences as much as herself.

Lea is a former professional figure-skater who always enjoyed ice-shows much more than competitions, and yet her art is her sport.

She is Jewish with all her heart and feels Latin with all her hips.

What is Swiss about her? She has an obsession for everything that contains chocolate and she ticks like a Swiss Swatch.

Lea is accompanied on guitar by Rabbi Tobias Divack Moss, a rabbi at Temple Israel of Minneapolis.

Enjoy!

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