Jewish culture is inextricably linked to the historical fabric of New York City, and Eastern European Jewish immigrants in particular have had a significant impact on the New Yorker food, music, arts, and culture scene. Nonetheless, these aspects of New York culture can sometimes seem very divorced from the Mimosa-swinging, IPA-guzzling, Korean BBQ-munching, secret-concert-in-Bushwick-attending younger generation of New Yorkers. Anya Zicer and Lea Elisha, who make up the FolksbieneRU team, the Russian-Jewish division of the National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene, are aiming to change that with a host of events and parties that celebrate Jewish culture with an updated, modern twist.
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