21st Century Yiddish Songs with Josh Waletzky

Josh Waletzky has sung, taught and composed Yiddish music all his life. He co-produced the Grammy-nominated film (1989), and his groundbreaking CD of original Yiddish songs, (2001), was greeted as “a classic of the American-Jewish folk revival.” Upon the release of his newest album of original Yiddish songs, (2017), Waletzky was hailed as “the poet-laureate of new Yiddish songwriting.” Waletzky has taught Yiddish song internationally, including at Yiddish Summer Weimar and Yiddish New York.Partisans of VilnaCrossing the Shadows PASAZHIRN/Passengers

He is also an award-winning documentary filmmaker. He sound-edited the Academy Award-winning film , USA (1976); directed the films (1981) and (1986); composed Academy Award-nominated music for the film (1992) and edited the Emmy Award-winning (1995). Since 2005, he has directed and written the music for four documentaries on Yiddish writers, most recently With Pen and Paintbrush: Yonia Fain (2018).Harlan CountyImage Before My EyesPartisans of VilnaBernard HerrmannItzhak Perlman: In the Fiddl…