Adah Hetko

Yiddish Singer-Songwriter

& Dance Leader

Adah Hetko is a Yiddish singer/songwriter, dance-leader and educator based in Boston, MA. Several of her compositions are featured on the album Levyosn’s Lullaby, recorded with her ensemble Levyosn (Ashkenazi Hebrew for “Leviathan”), and released by Borscht Beat in June 2023. The ensemble will release their second album in 2026. Adah holds an MA in Jewish Studies from Indiana University. Adah also performs with Yiddish song trio Soloveychicks.

She has studied Yiddish dance-leading and vocal performance with master performer Judy Bressler, with support from a Massachusetts Cultural Council Traditional Arts Apprenticeship, and has received the New Jewish Culture Fellowship and MCC’s Grant for Creative Individuals. Adah is a regular faculty member at KlezKanada and Yiddish New York, and she teaches Yiddish song and dance regularly in the Northeast.

Adah’s performance video with Allison Posner of folksong “Indroysn Iz Fintster” has garnered over 48K views on YouTube.

“Adah Hetko has earned a reputation in the world of Yiddish and klezmer music for her fresh approach to Yiddish songs” — Jordan Kutzik, Forward.com