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Long-lost Yiddish songs from Soviet era shed light on under documented history of Holocaust and lost Jewish culture.
Holocaust Museum LA will present the debut of 'Klezmer Jam,' a vibrant outdoor concert and celebration of klezmer and Yiddish ...
One of the songs they will perform is based on a poem by the Yiddish poet Aliza Greenblatt, aka Woody Guthrie’s mother-in-law.
“Fuck the police,” begins the resounding chorus of the Yiddish song In ale gasn/Hey, hey, daloy politsey. But despite its resonance with N.W.A.’s 1988 release “Fuck Tha Police”, this ...
An unimaginable series of unlikely events led to the discovery of the rare and revealing songs from World War II.
Yiddish Glory is a newly recorded album of Jewish folk songs, documented during World War II but thought lost for decades, that matches their of-the-moment lyrics to the folk songs they piggybacked.
For New York Yiddish fans, the concert at SummerStage in Central Park last Monday evening was a night to remember. Billed as ...
People who want to learn more about Yiddish culture can now sign up for several online courses at YIVO. The classes will be taught in English. In the course “Seasons in Yiddish Song,” the ...
The new Yosl and Chana Mlotek Yiddish Song Collection at the Workers Circle unlocks the joys and sorrows of the Jewish past, writes Chana’s grandson.
Central to the project is Garfunkel, a 33-year-old singer who has taken on the challenge of interpreting and performing the songs, most of which are Yiddish.
This month a collection of new Yiddish songs will be performed for the first time in America at a Manhattan museum.