The lyrics are a nod to an old Yiddish counting riddle; Korolenko’s lively melody recalls that famous folk tune. Several songs offer ground-level, vivid descriptions of the massacres in Babi Yar ...

Once released Yiddish Glory: The Lost Songs of World War II gathered huge ... called 'My Mother's Grave' written by a 10-year old after his mother was murdered in the Pechora concentration camp.

“That was also the time when I first heard Yiddish worker songs.” Contemporary Yiddish singers like Daniel Kahn and their music drew her into this “universe of left-wing, Jewish ...