Soul to Soul

An electrifying concert celebrating the music and shared experiences of the African American and Jewish communities.

An emotionally captivating theatrical concert featuring a mix of Spiritual, Jazz, Klezmer, and Folk. African American and Jewish Music Meet in Celebration of Two Cultures.

This audience favorite plays annually to sold-out houses in New York, and has performed across the country (Los Angeles, Boca Raton, Denver, Baltimore, Chattanooga) and internationally (Bucharest, Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg). The annual concert, a combination of spirituals in English, civil rights songs, Yiddish folk songs, and theatre songs, will see it’s 2024 tour brought to Boca Raton, Jacksonville, Pittsburgh and Reston, VA. All Yiddish songs will include English translation subtitles.

Conceived in 2010 by Zalmen Mlotek, Soul to Soul has evolved to include updated multimedia imagery and video, curated by Motl Didner, that reflects the ongoing need for unity and healing in our times.

Starring Lisa Fishman, Cantor Magda Fishman, Elmore James, Zalmen Mlotek, and Tony Perry with Brian Glassman on bass, D. Zisl Slepovitch on clarinet and saxophone and Matt Temkin on percussion.

The Jewish and African American people arrived in America by different paths. But the parallels in their histories as oppressed minorities brought them together in the struggle for equal rights. This dynamic concert explores the musical record of their journey and expressions of hope for a better world.  The exciting celebration of a common journey of two cultures is the essence of Soul to Soul which brings together the African American and the Yiddish American experience in a deeply stirring musical presentation. Mlotek performs with two African American Broadway veterans, Tony Perry and Elmore James as well as Lisa Fishman, and Cantor Magda Fishman, sharing the stage with a wonderful Klezmer ensemble. Soul to Soul has been performed for enthusiastic audiences from Coast to Coast.