Svetlana Portnyansky and Boris Rosenthal. "Hanukkah Party. Two hours of joy!" 5 January 2025

On 05.01.2025 you will have the opportunity to experience Svetlana Portnyansky, the "Russian Streisand", as she is called by admirers, live at the Jewish Community.

With her Hebrew, Yiddish and Russian songs, she makes every room vibrate. Her singing combines faith in God, respect for Jewish tradition and love for the land of Israel.

Portnyansky comes from the former Soviet Union and fled to the United States in 1991. She began her career at the Shalom Theater in Moscow. After leaving the country, she trained at the Jewish Theological Seminary. Today she works as a cantor and gives concerts on all continents of the world.