Di Goldene Kale (The Golden Bride) is coming to Rutgers August 5th, where Harvard music librarian Michael Ochs will be delivering a lecture free for ticket holders. From the attached article: “Di Goldene Kale tells the story of Golde, abandoned by her parents and raised by local innkeepers somewhere in the Russian Empire. After the town hears that the youngContinue reading “92 Year Old Yiddish Operetta Comes to Life”
Category Archives: Music
7000th item added to the collection!
Debbie Friedman landed a spot as the 7000th item in the Nancy Mae Shaines Memorial Library catalog today. Good way to end a great year here at the library! Come check out our newly acquired books, music, and movies, including JGuys Guide: GPS for the Jewish Teen, and the graphic novels Rabbi Harvey Rides Again and Hereville: HowContinue reading “7000th item added to the collection!”
Light One Candle by Benny Friedman
Loved this song as a kid, and this rendition brings back memories of my father singing it on guitar… better than Peter Yarrow, sorry baby boomers.
Limmud Boston 2014
Everyone this year seemed up for meeting new people, one seeking more info on the gorgeous necklace a stranger is wearing and another offering his place in the coffee line to someone who looked like they needed a more immediate fix. Attendees really stopped to help each other and chat– I suppose this should not be news,Continue reading “Limmud Boston 2014”
Sara Lesley Arnold 