"I grew up in Hasidic Williamsburg but wanted to be a singer" | Riki Rose's story

[@YevgeniaAlbats2024]

Thanks!

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

Thank you so much for the generosity!

[@blumberg1982]

“I don’t sing like a man, I sing like a woman with confidence.” Go ahead girl!!

[@rikirose8295]

🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@anonymous-io6zg]

Its not about confidence. She does sing in a way thats more manly than feminine. I

[@blumberg1982]

@@anonymous-io6zggo bye hater!

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

Many thanks to all the channel members! Whenever possible, I release video early for channel members. Your support is greatly appreciated!

[@Zelde-M]

Shkoyakh!

[@RachG]

❤❤❤❤

[@Proudest_Troll]

Bro, you should put timestamps on your videos.

[@chanahleah5330]

Thanks for this interview. The best thing that I heard from this is Riki is still very respectful with the family’s level of observance when she visits them. And the way she describes not to hurt her mother- that to me is very special. I am I giyur and I grew up from a very religious Catholic family- schooled from preschool to college, etc. and I left it coz I finally found the truth in being Jewish woman. I have no regrets and I will do it all over again. But HaShem are aged everything that I started my Jewish journey when my parents were both niftir. It might have been very very difficult for me to even start my journey as a Jew when they are alive… I live your podcast! I love learning about the chassidish community. I daven unsa h Sfard and my husband is askenaz and our shul is more yeshivis but our Rav is a chassidish Harav and I love learning his Torah. Your Chanel is very fascinating to me!

[@bettymaines6305]

I cannot find the words to express how touched I was by the song at app 14:28. Understand not one word of it , but the music somehow transcended language. Frieda , the content you create is amazing. Please keep always doing this. You are truly making a positive difference in this world.

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

Betty thank you so much. That song is so very special. I did add closed captions so if you hit cc you should be able to see the translation. A truly beautiful song, heartbreaking and full the beauty of human resilience.

[@bettymaines6305]

@@FriedaVizelBrooklynoh thank you. I have listened again and the words are amazing

[@Zelde-M]

Another grand slam outta the park episode! Our expert guide Frieda leads us on a female Chasidic musical/performing journey with the wonderful multi-talented Riki Rose. Addressing the issue of “kol isha-women’s voices,” girls learning musical instruments, singing at the Shabes tish (table) and education we find interesting insights. Riki’s life story gives us a glance into her life and Community. Especially enjoy her live vocal performances with guitar. This woman has chops and deserves much wider exposure. Shkoyakh!

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

thank you so much Zelde for this wondering, I mean WONDERFUL, comment! I bet Riki will go far with her music!

[@riki_rose]

Thank you 🤗🤗🤗

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

Zelde, look what someone in the comments found! kzbin.info/www/bejne/qneZapZujbF-nK8

[@Zelde-M]

װאָס פאר אַ מתנה!!! אַ דאַנק!!!

[@Zelde-M]

@@FriedaVizelBrooklyn װאָס פאַר אַ מתנה

[@colinalexander1507]

I like that you are understanding of your culture and you are not bitter. People have their reasons for their beliefs and everyone should be respectful.

[@malibu64]

I don’t know why but I’m crying hearing her sing her first song!

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

It’s such a special special song. 🥲

[@nechamastern8471]

Me too!

[@talmills1642]

Me too and that doesn't happen often to me

[@dvoraaronson8417]

Me too

[@CRB2009]

Me too

[@donnahibbard1774]

Thanking G-d for two women of courage and talent ❤

[@writerspen010]

48:10 - Riki's coloratura here stopped me in my tracks and moved me to tears. Thank you for giving her the chance to sing in this interview. It really added a lot of color and texture to what she spoke about, especially when it came to her grandparents' struggles and storytelling after the Holocaust and the suppression she faced as a young woman with a voice within a community that wanted her to be small and quiet.

[@mindyschaper]

"I don't sing like a man. I sing like a woman with confidence." Love that line!

[@judithwood9692]

This is such a delightful interview. Her singing is beautiful, and even though I know no Yiddish, the Soulfulness of the music is very touching. Thank you so much Freda for such great dialogues this.

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

Thank you! She has an amazing voice. I'm wondering where I can find the translation for the Yiddish. Maybe I'll add it into the comments, it just takes a bit of time to work on the translation.

[@lawrencemielnicki5643]

During one of Frieda’s previous episodes (about Hasidic girls) I wrote in the comments that over 50 years ago when I was 14 or 15 I had a “flirtation” with a Hasidic Satmar girl in Williamsburg. For a few months her friends and my friends (Catholic boys) would chat after they got out of school. She and I would step away to talk privately leaving the other two boys and two girls a few feet away. (Soooo bad. LOL). She was very pretty and precocious. She was as interested in my life as I was in hers. It lasted a short period of time but it was cute. The commenters said it would have been impossible and that there was no way such a rebellious and adventurous Hasidic girl could exist. But, as a teenager, Riki seems to have been such a rebellious girl. I’m convinced more than ever that this memory is real and not a figment of my imagination. LOL

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

People can leave such weird comments. Sounds like a totally believable story to me! Sometimes people buy into a very binary view: they're all saints or all sinners. We're humans, so some people go hard at the rules, others are always dreaming of ways to break them. I hope you cherish your lovely memories.

[@valerieokeeffe6275]

Thank you Freida. What a wonderful voice.

[@valerieokeeffe6275]

One of your very best interviews!!

[@BarryGlanz]

As part of the community, I can attest that everything discussed is so true!! Thank you Freida, thank you Riki!!

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

Thank you!!!

[@fernandab2518]

Jewish women are just the coolest ❤ Thank you for introducing us to yet another fascinating, talented lady.

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

Oh thank you so much for this gift, so very sweet of you!

[@forest_green]

Her voice is sublime. This has been a very interesting interview. I'm an outsider (not Jewish) and I don't mind being called a goy, but I know it's a word I shouldn't use for myself because a certain evil group of people call themselves that. It is a word I don't think a lot of non-Jewish people know. As a half-Indigenous person whose family lost their language generations ago through assimilation, Riki Rose, please continue to celebrate and protect Yiddish in song and in casual speech. It's a beautiful language and your confident, beautiful voice displays it so well.

[@solomonherskowitz]

Growing up goy was the insult of all insults in Yiddish

[@Audioobscure]

Im so glad you made this video and introduced me to her, she's got another big fan now. The two of you have a nearly identical way of speaking, the cadence and accent, timing. love it.

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

That’s so interesting. Someone said they couldn’t listen to the podcast because they couldn’t differentiate between our voices to know when either of us spoke!

[@Audioobscure]

​@@FriedaVizelBrooklynyes! I listen to your videos with headphones and dont watch the video until later and several times i confused your voices with each other.

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

@@Audioobscure it's such an interesting experience for me to hear this!

[@k.yingsbreakchannel]

I've never enjoyed chazzanus, but as soon as I heard Riki sing, I realized that a woman's voice, especially Riki's, is what was missing for me.

[@meteoman7958]

Rikki is a charming, down to earth and entertaining guest. I love her singing.

[@mgb5170]

Excellent insights from this interview. I will be humming "I can do anything I want because I am a woman" ❤ dance, speak, all of it 🎉

[@robertcoughlin4961]

I can relate to a large family in a tiny apartment in Brooklyn. I never had my own bed let alone a bedroom. We were poor but as a little kid I didn’t know any better. At times I would go to my grandmothers apartment to sleep at night. Kids are very resilient I think.

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

I think if there’s love, friendship and poverty, children don’t really feel it the way it seems from the outside. I didn’t grow up anything on that level of poverty but I didn’t feel I was lacking for never having a room to myself.

[@robertcoughlin4961]

@@FriedaVizelBrooklyn There was lots of love and friendship for sure!

[@doritkatz3422]

chills. I'm in tears with these songs. these are pieces that I've only heard male chazunim singing

[@Derf56]

Fascinating! Thank you, as always, for a very informative & fun episode!

[@rhonda6791]

Riki Rose makes my heart soar. Thank you both for a wonderful interview.

[@kansashighlights624]

Girl's got pipes and passion! Live how she confidently takes her time to let the words and voice have their impact. I have no idea what she is singing but she's doing a great job!

[@janewarren4759]

Thanks!

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

So sweet, thank you!

[@RachG]

I cannot put into words how much I’m loving your content right now!!! Where are the words?! 😂🤪 Another REALLY brilliant video. I so enjoyed listening to you both chatting and sharing stories and of course THE MUSIC!! 🙌❤️ What an incredible musician Riki Rose is. I wish her all the big stages and all the best with her dreams.

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

Riki is so talented. It was so fun to talk to her and hear her stories from Hasidic girl's school. I feel like you can relate a little bit.

[@RachG]

@@FriedaVizelBrooklyn I so enjoyed the tales of mischief and the fun connection between you both. Ha. Well, obviously I’ve only experienced Hasidic girls’ schools as an adult. 🙃 But I do think that some aspects of that connection between girls at school are universal…and the antics 😂. Haha. I can still find myself in that place again with the right group of people. 🤣🤣

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

Yes! There’s a university to women and the experiences we have especially in our teen years. I think you can see how full of life and mischief Hasidic girls are too, even though in the media they are often painted as so flat and two dimensional. I love how complex and human Riki’s story feels.

[@RachG]

@@FriedaVizelBrooklyn ha. Yes definitely in teen years. 🤪 Those fun and crazy days of beginning to figure out who we were and getting up to all kinds of (mostly innocent 😂) mischief in the process. I totally agree re. Riki’s story. I really enjoyed hearing her reflections on different aspects of her life growing up. And she’s kind of right about when you hit your 30s. 🤣🤣🤣

[@Mister69K]

Frunzer Eshalon blew my soul away. The last song Woman is so profound. Thank you Riki Rose. And thank you both for this lovely interview.

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

Yes, thank you. very special songs.

[@gcolwill]

Alright - the weekly Saturday evening smoke alarm test is done and I have a large glass of wine next to me and some time to myself. Time to watch the latest video from Frieda. 🙂 49:20 - I thought we were gonna see water coming out of her nose for a sec... 🙂 I've experience the light-headedness thing back in my teens when I sang. I think it's a mild hyperventilation. I loved it. I think it means your breath control has become so efficient that you are slightly more oxygenated than you really need to be. Yes, it's a good thing, I think. 1:18:54 - Remarkable. I think of exactly this event when I think of the whole thing around hearing a woman sing as a male. I'll leave it there. Very much enjoying this interview. 1:21:37 - This. Good question. Good answer. I really enjoyed this interview. Best to Riki Rose.

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

Your weekly routine sounds very cozy. Thanks for your comments. I never heard that about the breath and lightheaded ness.

[@gcolwill]

@@FriedaVizelBrooklyn I googled it and it's a thing. Interestingly, it's not actually about too much oxygen, but not enough carbon dioxide. As I understand it, the volume of exhalation is depleting the carbon dioxide in the blood too quickly, which throws off the pH balance temporarily.

[@louisel.sinniger2057]

Oh Frieda, this interview was spectacular! Oh the memories. Her voice is beautiful. Thank you

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

❤️

[@cozybear2206]

OMG! She gives me chills when she sings, I grew up on these songs, beautiful

[@nibor110]

Loved this interview!

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

Thanks for watching!

[@Aqua56928]

What a great interview!

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

Thank you!😊

[@lcs8967]

We actually had the same song about Columbus in 1492. Lol. Btw, Riki, I lived right on top of your brother and you used to come babysit or maybe just to hang out sometimes and I remember you holding this giant guitar case. You were very sweet even then.

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

😆😆

[@riki_rose]

Good times 😉

[@rachelberkowitz2540]

Btw the fact that Ricky wears a wig for her mother shows major respect. It shows good character.

[@ihikealone]

This is such a fun and interesting interview. Riki is so talented and confident. I'm going to check out her music. Thank you for sharing!

[@Devotionalpoet]

Great video! Riki Rose’s voice is gorgeous. Really enjoyed getting to know her. Thank you both. 🙏🏻❤️

[@cslurzberg]

Wow! I've heard this song numerous times and never knew the translation or context. So poignant and powerful. Thank you! And a beautiful performance of course.

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

Thank you for watching. Sometimes I revisit the singing part of this interview because Riki's singing touches me very much.

[@yelnats61]

All your videos are great. This is fabulous. The translation in the captions of the first song is so poetic.

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

I love that song so much I keep re-listening to it.

[@iansplinter1]

Love love love all your videos Frieda! It has been incredibly fascinating to me to learn about the Hasidic community. Please never stop making videos much love to you and your loved ones Frieda❤️

[@melanie18white]

Wowwwww Riki, what a BEAUTIFUL VOICE you have, and such a beautiful Yiddish song!! Thank you Frieda for this great interview

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

Thank you! Riki is a gem, what a gorgeous voice.

[@billducker7404]

Wonderful Frieda. Riki Rose has a fantastic voice. You are both into music. Thank you both for sharing so much with us. !!🎸🎹🎶Bill UK

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

Thank you my dear Bill!

[@jademarie4610]

Love her song at the end of the video. I'm so proud to be a woman in this world. So glad she gets to spend her life sharing her voice with the world. Another great interview!

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

I too am very proud to be a woman in this world. Here’s a hug to the sisterhood!

[@Mmjd212]

I’ve been binging your videos all weekend, Frieda. Thank you for such great content

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

I’m so happy you found my videos!

[@AniKeith-t3h]

She deserves to be on the big stage, beautiful voice ❤

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

amen

[@riki_rose]

Thank you!

[@OJackieO]

What a talent!

[@elizabethkettle2323]

I so very much enjoyed your interview with Riki Rose! I think that she was refreshingly honest about both her appreciation of her earlier life and its challenges, both of which made her who she is today. There have been a few interviews in which I feel that the interviewees are so intent on presenting the positives of their lives that a lack of realistic candor diminishes the former, if that makes sense. My undergrad degree is in sociology and anthropology and I have always been interested in the lives of others in different cultures. and I am always learning. The world is a big place, such a rich tapestry of textures and colors and patterns. I grew up Old Order Mennonite and Old Order Amish adjacent and went through of phase of romanticizing their lives, then judging harshly some aspects, especially insofar as women's experiences are concerned. They found their way, but will always miss so much of what was deeply meaningful to them. As a teacher, I have the privilege of working with students who are new to our country, some of whom come from cultures that make adjustment to a more open, multi-cultural society more difficult. I try to be like you when discussing these things with them and appreciate you! As a Christian, I've found that every faith tradition has people who are intensely performative and rule-oriented, but yet miss the point, others who are sincere and loving and would be so in any other life, and everything in between. People are people.

[@NoNameNumberTwo]

Loved that last song. Two strong women making the world a better place. Thank you. 💪💥😊

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@Willow-rr5ui]

that was wonderful. what an interesting, talented women. thanks for this.

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

She is a gem. I feel honored to have gotten to share her story, and grateful to Riki for being so warm and forthcoming. Thanks for watching!

[@jennifermeijer1975]

Loved this. Amazing young woman.

[@lyntonm5793]

This is a beautiful interview. It's just so honest and you both understand each other so well. And the singing is so beautiful too. Thank you both.

[@debbyschweighardt5810]

My grandparents spoke fluent Yiddish, but I was never taught to speak it. I don't understand the words, but I really like her voice. I enjoy learning from my fellow Jews. My grandparents were Ortho­dox and they raised my dad and his 2 brothers in Newark New Jersey back when it was mostly Jewish. This was a wonderful interview. 2 very talented Jewish women sharing stories and songs. Thank you!

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

I did add translation if you turn on closed captions but sometimes just hearing Yiddish is lovely. It’s a special language connecting many of us to our past.

[@qwaletee]

What time period?

[@jademarie4610]

​@@qwaleteeI'm wondering what time period also because I'm born and raised in Newark and I don't recall it ever having any type of Jewish population, I recall it being mostly Italian... 🤔 Now it is mostly black and Hispanic so idk when the Jewish transition occurred but it has to be only in the last 10 years or less. I never saw a real Jewish person a day in my life until I moved to NY and that was only 14 years ago.

[@EvinMA]

Frieda! She looks and sounds like she could be your sister! She is totally fascinating. I may not understand the words, but she has a beautiful voice.

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

I did not see it! But I do feel a great affection to this talented and sweetheart of a woman!

[@liseklerekoper2441]

@@FriedaVizelBrooklyn- I definitely thought the same … that the two of you could be sisters.

[@raizyfried9014]

I really enjoyed this video so much! Thank you. The music. Rikki's beautiful singing. The memories! Although I grew up in more open minded Boro Park, I literally had many of the same experiences... Including the exposure to Taylor Swift & Hannah Montana in the 99 cents store and Telco. And I hung around a while too.... and knew so many of the hot sings from there😅. Frieda & Rikki, you both have a special place in my heart and I wish you both peace of mind, true happiness and a ton of success!!!

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

Oh Raizy, you're a gem of a woman, you definitely have a special place in my heart, top spots! I love following your amazing journey.

[@carolynstclair9813]

What a wonderful and moving experience this whole talk was❤, along with all the music. You are two extraordinary women. This was a fantastic way of spending part of my Shabbart day. Your singing gave me goosebumps. Thank you so very much.

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

thank you so much for watching, I’m so happy to have been part of your shabbes in such a lovely way. I think it’s time for me to repaired to Riki’s singing!

[@Stevedavidoff]

A beautiful interview. One difference is that Riki seems to have the support of her sisters and her mother. Many of the religious who leave the fold, don’t seem to have the backing of a family. Most of all Riki is respectful of the traditions she was brought up with.

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

Yes a very good point.

[@erbearthgarden3658]

Omg. I love the Hungarian grandma. My great-grandmother was from Hungary so that impression made me smile. Another great video Frieda! ❤

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

Those of us with Hungarian bubbes know!!!

[@annepoitrineau5650]

Wonderful. Thank you so much Frida. Riki, you have my voice too for these big cantorial pieces, with orchestra on a big stage.

[@tamaratamtammorris8151]

A wonderful interview! I enjoyed Riki's music in the video, especially "Frunzer Eshalon". She's a great singer

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

I love Frunzer Eshelan, I’ve listened to it so many times.

[@southernlight6]

She takes me back to my childhood. Amazing to hear her sing. Thank for this Frieda! I am so glad to find her now.

[@sarawood7986]

Beautiful! Thank you for sharing this! You can certainly feel the emotion coming through in the song!

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

Yes, thank you.🙏

[@Avishai-rx3py]

It’s great to have the many diverse backgrounds and cultures in the Jewish community and bringing all the good from each of them! How I wish the great Rabbis of our generation could just get together to become more united on all the topics that truly matter!

[@SignalHillHiker]

10/10 new intro script. Perfectly explains what you're trying to do, and sets a strong tone of... exploration, education, calm thoughtfulness, and absolutely not sensational, over-the-top, high-adrenaline entertainment/exploitation.

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

Glad to hear this, I’m always playing with it and never landed on one I like enough to repeat regularly.

[@SignalHillHiker]

I can imagine. It's hard to sum up this channel succinctly. If I was explaining your channel to someone who'd never seen it before, I'd struggle, ha! I'd want to note you left the Hasidic community, but still care deeply about it. Like every other community, it has advantages and disadvantages, universally enriching cultural practices and potentially damaging ones. You want to share what makes it unique and highlight its many beautiful characteristics and traditions, while still exploring the objectively correct, understandable reasons you left. See? Clear as mud, ha!

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

@@SignalHillHiker that was sooooo good, thank you! Great mud :)

[@renag9475]

I hope you don't mind my constant comments. 2 Jews, 3 opinions; also in the laws of kol isha, there are many differences of opinions - in reference to Miriam too.?

[@amym8479]

I continue to learn through your wonderful interviews. Thank you! I also loved your story on NPR. Thank you.

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

You’re the very first person I hear from about that. I was starting to wonder if it actually aired!

[@amym8479]

I was driving and heard it on Vermont Public Radio. When you spoke, I knew I heard your voice before, then they said your name and I then I knew it was you speaking about the hair salon. I want you to know I find your videos fascinating and truly have learned so much from you.

[@rebmoriarty6591]

Another wonderful video Frieda. And I love how you are doing your hair nowadays. It looks fabulous with the waves! ❤

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

I never know if I can pull off waves so I ended up chopping it really short again!

[@MissHoneyKitchen]

This was amazing, both of you, thanks so much ❤

[@wendysulphur]

Such a beautiful and talented lady, I wish her well. Thank you for another informative and skilful interview.

[@angelamccarthy4731]

Great interview! I love the candor! Riki Rose is delightful! Frieda, maybe you can make a video on 9/11 and how Hasidic Williamsburg experienced that day.

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

I think so, right? It’s such an interesting topic! Maybe I’ll collect the media from the day and ask people for oral histories. Thanks for the idea, my head is now off to the races with thoughts.

[@Sara88890]

I remember watching a documentary on 9/11 and seeing a scene of people evacuating on the Brooklyn Bridge and seeing Hatzolah members. I'd be interested in a video about that.

[@jeannedebudapest]

Riki, I am of Jewish descent in Hungary. I sang a lot and attended a choir school. I've always been very interested in Yiddish music and have been searching for a female performer (in my voice range too). I never found one-until now. And now, I want an album! :D Frieda, please keep us posted if my wish comes true! :) And thanks a lot for your work!

[@MarqueMyWords2442]

What a character, a true "Funny Girl". How delightful Riki Rose is with her closet full of bright colors and patterns and her beautiful voice. Besides the voice, her personality is so vibrant-so full of confidence, honesty, humor. Listening to Riki reminds me of what I imagine the people were like who gave birth to Broadway and Hollywood. She definitely fits the mold. Riki, start a KZbin channel and start posting and sharing your music, please!

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

Check out Riki’s instagram! I hope she’ll post more English language accessible stuff!

[@MarqueMyWords2442]

@@FriedaVizelBrooklyn I just don't do Instagram, unfortunately. My loss.

[@riki_rose]

Thank you 🤗🤗🤗

[@DrLShaffer]

WOW! Riki - I've heard this song many many times but this is the best rendition I've heard yet.

[@korneliakowalczyk1125]

I am amazed by her talent and keep listening to the firt Song over and over again. Good luck Riki Rose and thank you Frieda for such an important interview!

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

I love that song so much too. I put it on TikTok with the English translations www.tiktok.com/t/ZTNnYFSAK/

[@armendell3291]

Most beautiful renditions of פרונזער עשאלאן and והוא רחום. Thank you.

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

Thank you, I think it’s truly special.

[@HazzanDevorahFick]

“Now that I think about it we were like a bougie kind of poor.” 😂 This was so refreshing! I needed this!

[@brachaaizman4340]

This is the most beautiful stimulating nostalgic yet innovative and forward conversation I’ve heard two women in our community put forward. Thank you 🙏

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

What kind words, thank you. This was a very special episode to me and I’m grateful for the opportunity to share Riki’s amazing story.

[@nibor110]

Beautiful voice

[@liseklerekoper2441]

Another fantastic interview … love how Riki’s confidence shines thru the entire interview.

[@sameoldsonganddance]

I love her singing. It makes me wanna get up and dance!

[@carolinospelt2932]

What a beautiful voice and interesting interview. I loved the cantorial song so much, there is so much feeling from the soul in it ❤️. I’d love to see her one day on the stage of Radio City Hall accompanied by a big orchestra. She has the def. voice for it. Thank you!

[@riki_rose]

Yessss! Radio City Hall is my dream and I believe it will happen. Thank you 🤗

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

We’ll all come !

[@M-pt5vo]

@@riki_rose נישט אַ אָרט פֿאַר אַ ייִדישער טאָכטער...

[@jeanetteboer56]

I love youre singing voice, but i love youre voice that speaks out. Thnxs Riki❤

[@mkabs19]

I’m Jewish and in NY and I learn so much from your channel.

[@stephenfisher3721]

When Yom-Tov Ehrlich sang his own songs, it was often hard for Satmars to understand his different Yiddish dialect. Only later were new recordings made by others using the pronunciation of the community. "Rabbi Yom-Tov Ehrlich (Hebrew: יום-טוב עהרליך) (1914-1990) was a renowned Hasidic musician, composer, lyricist, recording artist, and popular entertainer known for his popular Yiddish music albums. He was born in a small village, Kozhan Gorodok, Russian Empire, and raised in a nearby village, Davyd-Haradok, Belarus (then Poland). He survived the Holocaust in Samarkand, Soviet Union. Later, he moved to Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York."

[@timeless17030]

Oh my Gd, she's such a breath of fresh air and so cute! Thank you Frieda for such a great interview.

[@erpollock]

When I was 10 years old at Bais Yaakov in Baltimore, I was chosen to be soloist because the best singer at my school had to retire when she was bat mitzvah, 12 years old. I have sung all my life, had professional voice lessons with a leading soprano in New York City Opera - she sang with Beverly Sills, who was a famous coloratura in the 60s into the 70s. My teacher introduced me to the beautiful world of lieder - Schubert, Schuman, Mendelssohn, Brahms - this song literature I sang for Hasidic Satmar women on Shabbos and they loved the German songs, which they understood because Yiddish, their language, is so like German. So I know quite a bit about the musical limits for women - you may only sing for all female audiences.

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

Thank you so much for sharing this. Do you still sing?

[@joni77933]

What a wonderful interview, so delightful to hear you both reminisce and laugh together. Riki Rose is a very good singer using her lower register. Has she listened to recordings of Karen Carpenter? Karen achieved great success and fame by singing in her lower register, evidently her higher range was nothing special. But that lower range, wow!

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

You’ve intrigued me of Karen Carpenter.

[@dorothealorenz9624]

Thank you very much, Riki, for the beautiful songs and your story. And thank you, Frieda, for introducing her to us.😊

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@bonnieschechner9476]

This was the most amazing interview! She is a bright superstar and your questions to her were so wise!

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

I so agree! Thanks for watching!

[@Faigyfeig]

It bears to mention that Riki’s father is the exception, not the rule. TBH my father confiscated things too, mostly to punish me, but Riki’s father takes things to a whole new level. Sadly he’s mentally unwell. In no way does he represent chassidic men/fathers.

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

Yes true, I related to Riki’s father confiscating things but my father was never ever Riki’s father- he’s clearly a piece of work on a whole other level.

[@nancyfink5627]

Wonderful interview. I learn more and more from watching your videos. Thank you.😊😊

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

Thank you dear. This interview was such a special experience to me, to hear Riki's story as a woman in this world.

[@lorrainehill-stevens6968]

Such a beautiful woman; inside and out!! She sings like an Angel!!

[@elainethomson5826]

Wonderful interview Frieda very enjoyable Riki would be great at the Edinburgh festival 😊

[@normanshadow1]

What a soulful singer, a true artist! and gorgeous inside and out

[@jackleaf8474]

Fantastic interview - two super women. Riki, you could have been the wedding singer at my wedding to Trevor in January, but for the fact I’ve only discovered you 6 months too late. I’m a lover of the chazzanut and adore Shulem so now I’m gonna try track down your music of this ilk. You look a very happy lady but we know actors and comediennes are great at hiding themselves from the public so I only hope your happiness is complete. Wishing you only the best in life, and to you too Frieda x

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

Mazel tov on your wedding!! 🥂💐

[@melissawilliamson8871]

Your hair looks fabulous, Frieda 👌.

[@ginamcknight8115]

What a warm informative conversation by two pleasant ladies.I am drawn in because of my passion for Israel.Thank you Frieda.🇺🇸❤️🇮🇱💙😊

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

Thank you!!

[@ginamcknight8115]

@@FriedaVizelBrooklyn you are welcome.I throughly enjoy your program

[@petshopgirl39]

What a stunning voice that Riki has! She reminds me of a Yiddish version of Regina Spektor! Although the second song reminds me of Portuguese fado - a lament. It is hauntingly beautiful. Riki is incredibly talented.

[@Historian212]

Fantastic interview, and fantastic music. Thank you.

[@jillnurse]

I couldn’t understand the words of the song l, but, her voice is absolutely beautiful.

[@FriedaVizelBrooklyn]

Jill, I did put subtitles into the video, if you turn it on during song #1 you can see the translation. It's a very beautiful song.

[@samgold147]

wow beautiful soul. God bless you

[@katrinagiovanni891]

Wow . Her voice ❤️🙏🏽