Theo, Tevye & Tunes: A Yiddish Party with Aimee Ginsburg Bikel

Sunday, May 17, 2026
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Location: Jewish Community Alliance of Southern Maine (Map)
Tickets: $45 per person

The Maine Jewish Museum is traveling to the Jewish Community Alliance for Southern Maine to lead a joyful evening celebrating the music, spirit, and cultural legacy of Theodore Bikel, z”l, hosted by Aimee Ginsburg Bikel. The Casco Bay Tummlers will lead the fun with lively Yiddish music and dancing — including songs associated with Theo and a few beloved favorites from Fiddler on the Roof.

And because every good party revolves around the food, we’ll be serving a festive Yiddish breakfast-for-dinner buffet piled high with comfort and nostalgia: tender blintzes with blueberry and cherry sauce, sweet noodle and savory broccoli kugels, bagels with all the fixings (lox, whitefish salad, and schmears galore), kasha varniskes, potato knishes, black-and-white cookies, ruggelach, and more. There will be mimosas, seltzers, and — for the adventurous — perhaps even a celebratory splash of slivovitz.

Come hungry. Come ready to dance. Come ready to say l’chaim — to life — together.

$45/person

Tickets

This program is made possible by a generous grant from the Yiddish Arts & Culture Initiative at the Yiddish Book Center.