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Friday, December 23, 2005
Philosophers, Fiddlers and Fools 2005
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On Friday, December 23, 2004, from Noon to 3 pm. Philosophers, Fiddlers and Fools is Ruth Seymour's 27th annual three-hour Chanukah salute to Yiddish. From Eastern Europe to the Second Avenue Hit Parade, music, stories and memories from a world now vanished. Noon to 3pm.

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Recordings for Philosophers, Fiddlers and Fools

Chanukah 2005

First Hour:
The Yiddish Dream – Vanguard Classics
Talila: Yiddish – Scalen (French recording)
Theodore Bikel: Treasury of Yiddish Folk & Theater – Bainbridge
Martha Schlamme: Songs From My Father’s House – Hatikvah Records
Kinderyoren: The Very Best Yiddish Song Compilation (Vol. 2)
Talila: Papirossn – Harmonia Mundi
Chava Albertson: Yiddish Songs – NMC

Second Hour:
Netania Davrath: Russian, Israeli and Yiddish Folk Songs – Vanguard Classics
Voices of the Ghetto: Warszawa, 1943 - (French recording)
In Love and In Struggle: The Musical Legacy of the Jewish Labor Bund – YIVO

Third Hour:
Fay Nicholls: The Second Album (Canadian LP)
Jan Peerce on 2nd Ave. – Vanguard
Talila: Papirossn – Hamonia Mundi
The Barry Sisters Sing – Israel Music
Jewish Songs From Earth, Heaven & Beyond – (Russian recording)
Sophie Tucker – Hatikvah Music
Fiddler on the Roof: Original Broadway Cast – RCA
Fiddler on the Roof: Original Israel Cast – NMC Gold

Many of these recordings are no longer available. Some, despite their original recording dates, are new compilations of older discs.

The best source for Yiddish music is:
SIMON at HATIKVAH MUSIC INTERNATIONAL
Until mid – January, 2006
436 North Fairfax Ave.
Los Angeles CA. 90036 (across from Cantor’s)
Telephone: (323) 655-7083
Fax: (323) 938-0577

online at www.hatikvahmusic.com

Rabbi Abulafia’s Boxed Set is available from Jon Kalish
jonkalish@earthlink.net


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HATIKVAH MUSIC INTERNATIONAL
436 N. Fairfax
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323)655-7083
www.hatikvahmusic.com

YIDDISHKAYT LOS ANGELES
1724 N. Whitley Ave.
Hollywood, CA 90028
(323)962-1976
www.yiddishkaytla.org

WORKMAN'S CIRCLE/ARBETER RING
1525 S. Robertson Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90035
(310)552-2007
www.circle.org

NATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER
1021 West Street
Amherst, Massachusetts 01002
(800)535-3595
www.yiddishbooks.com

YIVO INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH RESEARCH
555 W. 57th St.
New York, NY 10019
(212)246-6080
www.yivoinstitute.org

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