… of a lavish Hannuka event held in Brăila (Muntenia, eastern Romania), at the local ‘Jüdische Volks-Lessehalle’ on …

Reprinted in Los romances de America (Buenos Aires, 1948), 101–83.

This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT…

… Documentary. Romanian director Radu Gabrea traveles to New York to delve into a specific aspect of Klezmer music: the Romanian Doyna. Gabrea interviews musicians and experts, … a.o. Together they explore the mutual influences between Romanian, gypsy and Jewish music in the old country, the …

Actor and comedian Sigmund Mogulesko was born in Kaloraush, Bessarabia on December 16…

… Born near Kishinev, Feinman acted in Bessarabia and Romania, went to New York in 1886, and worked with Adler, … in London and on the Continent. He played Othello in Romania, 1909, and died while rehearsing in Lodz. …

Feature. 92 minutes, B&W, Yiddish with English subtitles Directed by Joseph Green…

1. Roumania, Roumania 2. Schluf, Yingele, Schluf (Sleep Little Boy Sleep) 3. Artsa…

… Rosenboym [1920-2006] from Kretchniv [today Crăciunești, Romania], the leader of a Hassidic court in Jerusalem … of Satmar [Szatmárnémeti, Hungary, currently Satu Mare, Romania]. R. Mertz performed it when he came from the USA to … that it was sung at the Vizhnitz court in Grosswardein (Romania) before the Vizhnitz leaders immigrated to Israel. …

… 7. Popurri iz Russkich Piesen (3.1927) 8. Batuta Olenilor Romanian Dance (12.12.1917) 9. Hungarian Czardas (2.4.1916) … Drag (Leo Edwards, 2.4.1916) 17. Doina 1953 18. Doina Romanian Shepard Song (7.19.1916) 19. Argentine Dance (Tango … Hebrew Dance (Moskowitz, 3.27.1916) 23. Sirba Clasica Romanian Dance (Moskowitz, 7.19.1916) 24. Sirba Matey Matey …