This upcoming Yiddish concert is a clarion call for a better world
Josh Waletzky’s musical work will be performed in New York on March 26 by leading Yiddish singers
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Yiddish דאָקטוירים פֿון אַן אַנדער שניטDoctors of a different sort
די ווילנער דאָקטוירים יעקבֿ וויגאָדסקי און צמח שאַבאַד זענען אויך געווען געזעלשאַפֿטלעכע טוער.
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