Jonathan Geffner (Yiddish, Ventriloquism)

Jonathan Geffner has a B.A. in Yiddish Language and Literature from Queens College, CUNY. He has been the Director of two Workmen’s Circle Yiddish schools for children – in Cleveland, Ohio, and in Bergenfield, New Jersey. He has also taught numerous Yiddish courses for adults at various Jewish centers in New York, and at the Hong Kong Jewish Community Centre, and he has written articles for Yugntruf (Youth for Yiddish) magazine.

Jonathan Geffner and his puppet partners have enchanted audiences of all ages and sizes throughout the USA, the UK, Hong Kong and Japan. They have appeared on the nationally seen television programs: Late Night (NBC), Hour Magazine (FOX), The Joe Franklin Show (WOR), Dialogue (ABC) and KTV (CNBC). Jonathan has also appeared on numerous cable TV programs, and has been featured on ABC-TV News and News-12 Long Island. National TV audiences have also seen Jonathan and Friends in several anti-drug PSAs. Their award-winning videos are currently being seen in thousands of schools across the country.