Moyshe Bsuk, Hutsaat Hakibuts Hamaohad, Beys Leumi Hagitaot, 1956 (zz 312,313,315,713,807).
19. Moyshe Prager: Min Hamotser Krati, Mosad Harav Kuk, Yirushalaim, 1954,
(zz 72, 75, 76, 194, 195).
[i] Melos: the succession of musical tones constituting a melody
[ii] Nussach – plural: nusachim – the style of Jewish religious service
* About the translators:
Berta Kipnis was born in Ukraine, immigrated to the US in 1979. In a few years, while visiting Israel with her husband Nahum, she met his great uncle, famous writer for children, Levin Kipnis. Levin, then in his late 90’s, told them the fascinating story about Menachem Kipnis, who was a brother of Nahum’s great grandfather and as an orphan was brought up in the home of Levin’s father in Ukraine.
Ralph Wittcoff Writer and musician Ralph Wittcoff has published fiction in Afn Shvel and played bass in a Yiddish swing band. After many years as a community organizer, he developed an affinity for Yiddish language and culture through playing klezmer.
Mordecha Gebirtig: "The Shtetl Burns" "Hayara Boeret", Moreshet Publishing House, Sifryat Hapoalim in cooperation with the Wajnfer Morgenstern Fund, Israel 1967
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