Amanda “Miryem-Khaye” Seigel is a Yiddishist and a Yiddish singer, songwriter and performer known for her humorous and heartfelt performances.
Miryem-Khaye combines cultural and musical acumen to present finely nuanced interpretations of older as well as original Yiddish songs.
Miryem-Khaye Seigel is a contemporary and yet heymish voice who defies the stereotype of Yiddish as merely sentimental, thrilling audiences with new songs like her Yiddishist anthem “Nyu-York, Nyu-York” (New York, New York). She is an original member of the Folksbiene Troupe and co-creator, with Motl Didner, of the Yiddish musical comedy Purim in Khelm (Folksbiene Yiddish Theatre).
As a fluent Yiddish speaker and Yiddish cultural worker, Miryem-Khaye brings an intimate daily understanding to the texts she interprets. In addition to presenting concerts and educational programs throughout the United States, she taught Yiddish song at the Seminarium języka i kultury jidysz (Seminar of Yiddish Language and Culture) in Sródborów, Poland in 2007.
Miryem-Khaye’s work appears in Bridges: A Jewish Feminist Journal, Naye Vegn, Yugntruf-Zhurnal, and Yedies fun YIVO.
Photo by Meg Butler
