Yiddish and Ladino Folksongs: Are they Jewish? Are folksongs in Yiddish and Ladino necessarily “Jewish”? Yiddish and Ladino are Jewish languages, but what about the songs that speakers of these languages sing? In this introductory lecture, I take a few representative songs and, together with the audience, develop criteria to tum-Balalaika – Various – Yiddish Music & Song the characteristics of Jewish folksongs.
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