Yiddish singer Yifim Aleksandrov draws global audiences with Eastern European repertoire

Belarusian performer Yifim Aleksandrov has built an international career reviving Yiddish music from Jewish shtetl traditions, filling concert halls across Israel and North America. The singer has restored his ancestral language to the stage after Soviet suppression and subsequent neglect in Israel. Aleksandrov noted his Israeli audience has grown progressively younger over recent years.

Sources: Israel Hayom

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