Sunday, April 26, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. at the Yiddish Book Center

Join us for a lively, hands-on family program featuring a participatory concert with Jordan Wax and an art-making workshop with illustrator Madison Safer for kids and caregivers. No Yiddish required—just curiosity and creativity!

Wax will perform bilingual Yiddish/English songs from his album Pantakozak and Other New Yiddish Songs for Kids, with playful, kid-generated tunes about polar bears, mythical creatures, and Jewish history. The concert is part folklore, part rhythm, and full of opportunities to join in.

Following the concert, Madison Safer will lead families in a collage-making activity inspired by the comical, mythical monster, Pantakozak. Families will also get the opportunity to create Yiddish materials with a hand-operated letter press.

Jordan Wax is a multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter based in New Mexico. He got involved learning Yiddish and various forms of traditional music as a teenager and continued for the next three decades to study with elders in the Midwest, New Mexico, and online. In 2025, he released Pantakozak and Other New Yiddish Songs for Kids, a collection of songs for children and families based on oral history work and collaboration with preschoolers.

Madison Safer is an illustrator who is happiest in a forest full of mushrooms. Her work is often centered around themes of nostalgia, home, and the quiet woods of New England. She is inspired by Russian folk art, Jewish paper cuttings, quilt patterns, and the warmth of a fire after a very cold day. When she is not napping or drawing, Madison is often found drinking tea, practicing her challah braid, or stealing flowers. She is also an alum of the Yiddish Book Center’s Steiner Summer Yiddish Program.