Ira Khonen Temple in DC with Zoë Aqua and Raffi Boden!

house show near 16th and Farragut NW!

Come join us for the Ira Khonen Temple Record Release event! Joined by Zoë Aqua on violin and Raffi Boden on cello, Ira will create some serious sukkes magic.

Strange Tongue / Mistame-Loshn is an album is where queer, trans songwriting meets the urgent, living breath of Yiddish culture. From Transylvanian dance music to protest poetry from the lost Jewish capitals of Europe, these songs hold grief, joy, and radical defiance.Ira says: “These songs we’ve inherited—about heartbreak, about rebellion—they’re not meant to sit behind glass. They need us. They need to be sung.”A singer and tradition-bearer in the modern Yiddish revival, Ira brings us into a soundscape where language and legacy breathe again, not just as nostalgia, but as cultural survival.Ira’s first single is available to stream now: a reimagined version of the Yiddish square dance “Hot Zikh Mir Di Zip Tsezipt,” updated to reflect the joyful chaos of queer Jewish weddings today.Strange Tongue / Mistame-Loshn is available now for pre-order and will be released on October 6!

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