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Podcast: Jewish Ideas to Change the World
Episode: Avram Mlotek - Songs of Generations: Jewish History through Yiddish Song
Description: Rabbi Avram Mlotek, co-founder of BASE Hillel (http://basehillel.org/) presents his Valley Beit Midrash lecture "Songs of Generations: Jewish History through Yiddish Song" before an audience at Beth Emeth Congregation of the West Valley (http://bethemethaz.org/) in Sun City West, AZ.
ABOUT THIS LECTURE: Nobel Laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer called Rabbi Mlotek’s grandparents, “The Sherlock Holmes of Yiddish Song.” Come explore Jewish history through this rich legacy of Yiddish song with a particular focus on pre-World War II Eastern European life. Songs of workers, family life, romance, politics and Judaism paint a vibrant life of what Jewish life l...