Delicatessen in the Bronx
M. Bloom's Delicatessen, Bronx, New York.
Exercise Class For Girls
Exercise class for girls at the Educational Alliance, New York. The Educational Alliance was founded on New York's Lower East Side in 1889 as a settlement house to serve East European Jewish immigrants.
St. George Church in Vilnius.
St. George Church in Vilnius. It was in this church that the Strashun Library books remained hidden for over 40 years.
"A lid" (Zyamele)
Ruth Rubin collected this song from Dora Wasserman. She recorded it on the album "Ruth Rubin - Yiddish Songs of the Holocaust - A Lecture/Recital" (Global Village Music). On the document, she writes that the tune was written by a 11 year-old unknown…
"Apikorsim" by the Klezmatics
From review on Klezmershack: "It has been a lot of years since we've heard a recording containing entirely new Klezmatics material—even more if you set aside special projects such as the Woody Guthrie Archive collaborations or their 25th anniversary…
"Far dem nayem dor!" Yiddish Children's Songs
For centuries the Yiddish speaking world has had an immense repertoire of children’s songs. The majority of melodies and texts disappeared together with the people who sung them and the children for whom they were composed. Such collections as remain…
"It's Klezmer!" by You Shouldn't Know From It
Five musicians from different countries got together in Berlin to form “You Shouldn´t Know From It!”. Taking their inspiration from Klezmer music of the first half of the 20th century they dig into the music played at weddings and other festivities…
"Live From Brooklyn" by Isle of Klezbos
Listen onBandcampto Isle of Klezbos' version of the street singer’s tune"Hert Zikh Aynet", collected from Yankl ZipperbyRuth Rubin in 1955
"New York Ghetto: Hester-Street"
Pushcarts on Hester Street, in a Jewish immigrant neighborhood on the Lower East Side, New York City.
"Raysn" by Litvakus
The song "Es Vet Zayn Sheyn un Fayn" on the album: Listen on bandcamp
