What’s a Jew to do on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day?
Positive, you possibly can benefit from New York Metropolis’s empty streets, recognize a time off from work when you’ve got one, and hang around with your loved ones. You would additionally partake in a time-honored Jewish Christmas custom: Chinese language meals and a film.
However in case you’re on the lookout for one thing enjoyable and totally different to do over the vacation — which, in fact, celebrates the birthday of the world’s most well-known Jewish child — we’ve put collectively this listing Jewish occasions throughout town which might be going down on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
From klezmer concert events to family-friendly occasions to all-night dance events, listed here are 9 Jewish occasions going down in New York Metropolis on Dec. 24 and Dec. 25.
Christmas Eve
Dec. 24
Nittel Nacht at Hex & Co. with Tzibur Harlem
(Courtesy Tzibur Harlem)
Head to board sport café Hex & Co. (2911 Broadway) in Morningside Heights at 6 p.m. for an evening of video games with Jewish group group Tzibur Harlem, impressed by “Nittel Nacht,” the centuries-old European Jewish custom of staying in on Christmas Eve, refraining from Torah research and enjoying playing cards. Get your tickets right here for $18.
Christmas Eve for the Jews with Joel Chasnoff
Again for the 14th yr, Jewish comic Joel Chasnoff headlines Metropolis Vineyard (25 Eleventh Ave.) at 7 p.m. with particular visitor comics Dan Naturman, Carmiya Weintraub and Brian Gelfand. Get tickets, from $45, right here.
Yiddish New York’s “Dreaming in Yiddish” live performance and award
Be part of Yiddish New York — the five-day Yiddish competition with workshops, performances, courses and extra — at Hebrew Union Faculty-Jewish Institute of Faith (1 West 4th St.) from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. for his or her 14th annual “Dreaming in Yiddish” live performance and award, honoring klezmer musician Michael Alpert. Get your tickets right here for $23. See what different Yiddish New York 2025 occasions are happening all week right here.
The Matzo Ball
Dance the night time away on the thirty eighth annual Matzo Ball, the final word Jewish singles occasion for the 21-to-49 set, held this yr at Musica Membership NYC (637 West fiftieth St.) from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. Get your tickets right here from $55.
Christmas Day
Dec. 25
Kosher brunch on the Y
Be part of the YM and YWHA of Washington Heights and Inwood (54 Nagle Ave.) from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for a family-friendly day with a kosher brunch and actions for younger kids.Get your tickets right here: $5 for kids, $12 for adults.
Nefesh Mountain live performance on the Jewish Museum
Doni Zasloff and Eric Lindberg are Nefesh Mountain. (Lawrence Rickford)
Deliver the youngsters — and/or your dad and mom or grandparents — to an all-ages efficiency by the Americana, jazz and bluegrass group Nefesh Mountain on the Jewish Museum (1109 Fifth Ave.). Showtimes are at 11:30 a.m. and a pair of p.m. Get your tickets right here for $24; kids 18 and underneath are free. Live performance tickets additionally embody admission to the newly-renovated museum.
Museum at Eldridge Avenue Winter Live performance
Head to the Decrease East Aspect’s historic Museum at Eldridge Avenue (12 Eldridge St.) from 2 p.m. to three:30 p.m. for the museum’s annual winter live performance that includes klezmer artist and scholar Yale Strom and his band, Scorching Pstromi, the place he’ll carry out traditional Yiddish music and unique compositions. Get tickets right here: adults pay $28, college students and seniors pay $23.
David Broza’s “Not Precisely Xmas Present” at Metropolis Vineyard
Head to Metropolis Vineyard (25 Eleventh Ave.) for the thirtieth anniversary of Israeli singer-songwriter David Broza’s “Not Precisely Xmas Present with Associates” showcasing the artist’s newest enterprise into acoustic jazz. The present begins at 7:30 p.m. Get your tickets right here from $66.
Kosher Chinese language: The Comedy Present
Catch a comedy present and take part in one of the crucial traditional American Jewish traditions — Chinese language meals on Christmas — at St. Marks Comedy Membership (12 St. Marks Place) from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Count on jokes, kosher dumplings and “festive chaos.” Get tickets, $28.52.
