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German Folk Music

 Tine Kindermann discusses German folk music that she sings and the taboo that still exists in Germany about such music.

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"It ain't never been away"

 Theodor Bikel explains that culture is "cyclical" and uses an example from the folk music revival of the 1960s to illustrate his point.

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Scanned this week: From folk songs and short stories to a spelling handbook,...

Highlights of books recently scanned for our Digital Yiddish Library, annotated by Fellow Joshua Price.read more

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The Fugs' Yiddish Inspiration

Audio URL: Podcast InformationAudio Runtime:  11 Tune in! The Yiddish Book Center's PodcastEpisode Number:  27

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Connecting with Jewish folk music

Musician Assaf Talmudi explains that he started playing Klezmer music because it felt unauthentic to play folk music from other cultures.

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Language, music, and literature in Theodore Bikel's Vienna home

Theodore Bikel - actor, folk singer, and activist - describes the music and literature of the multilingual home in pre-war Vienna. (Yiddish with subtitles) 

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