A new CD was released this year of delightful Yiddish children’s songs, composed by the Vilna-born musician David Botwinik who died in 2022 at the age of 101. The album, Zumer iz shoyn vider do, which ...
Child's play: Dorit Gani and a boy reading a children's song written by Chaim Nachman Bialik in the 1920s (Photo: Bialik House archive) ...
Every song has a story, and given the prevalence of Jewish musicians, it’s often a Jewish story. True for ” Hatikvah ” and ” By Mir Bistdu Shoen,” but also for “White Christmas”—or even “Ave Maria.” ...