About this minute
- Title
- Kestelech
- Performer
- Ruth Rubin
- Performer
- Pete Seeger
- Contributor
- Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
- Collections
- Collection 4
GRC4 #24
That was the sound of a piece called ‘Kestelech’, sung by Ruth Rubin with Pete Seeger on banjo. Ruth is singing in a language called Yiddish, which used to be the main language of the Jewish communities of Eastern Europe. Jewish communities have had to move many times to escape oppression, so remembering songs and…