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...
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