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The Ruth Rubin Legacy
Archive of Yiddish Folksongs

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His obituary in the New York Times (1986)

Her papers at YIVO: see the Guide to the YIVO ArchiveHer biography written by Adrienne Cooper on the Jewish Women's Archive website

"Taken from Jesse Shanak's tape collection." [From blue index, RG 620, box 30] Additional interview of Itshke Abelson from the Ruth Rubin collection in the National Library of Israel.

Ary, Sylvia

[Note on typewritten tape log in box:] Michael, aged 22 years old when he recorded for Ruth Rubin, was born in Kazakhstan. His father and mother and older brothers were evacuated from Poland, during the German occupation years, into Soviet Central…

Born: Khotin, Bessarabia in 1886.Died in January 1971.Ruth Rubin's mother.[From blue index, RG 620, box 30]Ruth Rubin with her parents:

Younin, Wolf
See his biography in the "Guide to the YIVO Archives"Wolf Younin himself collected Yiddish folksongs, which you can listen to on the website Yiddish Song of the Week.His obituary in the New York Times.

Kaczerginsky, Shmerke
See his full biography in the YIVO Encyclopedia

Fibich, Felix
Felix Fibich was a dancer and one of the few professional choreographers who worked in the Yiddish theater. Together with his wife and partner Judith Berg (1905-1992) he collaborated with well-known Yiddish theater figures in Poland, such as the…

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