The Jewish Folk Chorus of San Francisco is in our 100th season of singing Yiddish, Hebrew, Russian, and Ladino songs for audiences in the Bay Area. Currently our chorus consists of two overlapping groups. The full chorus, led by our conductor Lisa Sargent with accompaniment by Inara Morgenstern, sings Jewish folk and contemporary pieces arranged in multi-part harmonies with two or three performances a year. Regular rehearsals are held each week in San Francisco.
UPCOMING concerts open to the public:
Sunday, April 19th in Sonoma 1 pm - Zingeray Ensemble (see Concert page for details and MORE CONCERTS)
Sunday, June 14th 100th Annual Concert 2 pm in SF FULL CHORUS
tickets available soon
more details on the CONCERT page
Our Zingeray Ensemble, led by Ami Goodman and accompanied by Marvin Feldman, sings in unison. It performs several times a year at community locations and events, promoting audience participation, with most rehearsals occurring on Zoom.
Our chorus is a community partner for the up-coming play, Our Class in SF at Z Space.
We believe that this theatrical production will provide a powerful touchpoint for connection, dialogue, and Jewish storytelling that may be of interest our community.Join our friends at Z Space and Arlekin Players for a bold new production of Tadeusz Słobodzianek’s Our Class. The play follows ten classmates — five Jewish and five Catholic Poles — who grow up as friends and neighbors, then find themselves pitted against each other in the face of entrenched antisemitism, with life and death consequences. Inspired by real life events surrounding a 1941 pogrom in a small Polish village, this shocking, timely story follows their lives from childhood through eight decades.
Ticket Link: www.zspace.org/ourclass 🎟️www.zspace.org/ourclass
March 27 - April 5 📍Z Space’s Steindler Stage
Recent Past Events
Our 98th Annual Concert
You can watch the recording of A Zuniker Shtral: A Ray of Sunshine - the Music and Life of Mordechai Gebirtig. This took place on June 2nd, 2024. Watch a recording of the concert on YouTube here.
Sing With Us
The Chorus is open to new singers. Our rehearsals are in-person on Tuesday evenings in San Francisco. If you are interested, email us at [email protected].
We hope to see you soon at a rehearsal or at one of our concerts! Abi gezunt, stay safe and strong, and keep singing!
Supporting Donations
We are a 501c(3) non-profit organization that depends on donations from our supporters. If you are able to contribute to our chorus, we'd love it. To make an online contribution, click on the button below: