… a brief general history of folk song ethnography in Eastern Europe, and of the cultural life of Jews in Latvia, with … According to Karnes, folk songs were collected in Eastern Europe since the 1850s, decades after this practice was well … their culture, subsequently, was part of the larger Eastern European Jewish space. Karnes maintains that this …

… versions appears in the repertoire of Provençal and Central-European Jewish communities prior to its earliest appearance … for its widespread appeal in non-Jewish cultures in Europe and beyond. Among these famous parallels is the one … unfolding of  H ad Gadya as opposed to its parallels in European folklore. H ad Gadya can be viewed originally as a …