Yiddish - Language
Sun 28 Jan 2007
2007
January 2007
Sunday 28 January 2007
Sun 28 Jan, 2 pm. 1021 West Street, Amherst, 01002. Laura Sheppard-Brick, 413-256-4900. 6. National Yiddish Book Center - [email][events]
In this uplifting tale of survival, acclaimed Sephardic folksinger Flory Jagoda tells her story and sings in Ladino, the tongue of her ancestors. (2000; 40 min.) Also showing Embroidered Canticles. This mesmerizing concert film features Moroccan musical masters Rabbi Haim Louk and Abdelsadek Chekara performing mystical songs from the "Matruz" tradition, a shared Muslim-Jewish musical form. (1991; 26 min.)