New musical will highlight the remarkable creativity of Jews in the ghettos and camps
After the war, partisan fighter Shmerke Kaczerginski visited displaced persons camps and recorded the songs that survivors shared with him.
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
The annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival celebrates contemporary cultural traditions from around the world.
The Yiddish music written in memory of Isidor and Ida Straus reveals the empathy that Jews had for them
The site provides lyrics, translation, songsheets and historical context for songs on many themes, including love, holidays and the labor struggle.
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