New musical of Yiddish ghetto songs reminds us why Israel was founded
One great hope expressed by many Jews during the Holocaust was the dream of returning to their ancient homeland
One great hope expressed by many Jews during the Holocaust was the dream of returning to their ancient homeland
Among the events: the screening of a classic film about two disabled lovers and a lecture about Palestinian Yiddish
The award, in memory of the inspirational singer and activist Adrienne Cooper, will be presented at the Yiddish New York Festival.
After the war, partisan fighter Shmerke Kaczerginski visited displaced persons camps and recorded the songs that survivors shared with him.
A concert featuring songs of defiance becomes sadly relevant as Israel enters into a war with Hamas
Yonatan was inspired to sing the “The Partisan Hymn” as his tank was rolling down the dusty road to the front
Camp Hemshekh, which closed in 1978, was the summer home for hundreds of campers, many of them children of Holocaust survivors
David Childs learned the music of composer Lazar Weiner from his son Yehudi
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