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A moving but problematic concert for Holocaust Remembrance Day

JL;DR SUMMARY On January 27th at the Kennedy Center, Maestro Francesco Lotoro directed a poignant Holocaust Remembrance Day concert featuring Yiddish songs from his vast collection of music composed in various concentration camps worldwide. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Holocaust MemorialYiddish SongsHolocaust RemembranceCultural PreservationPolitical ControversyFrancesco LotoroKennedy CenterConcentrationary MusicBarlettaMultilingual Performance

Places mentioned

Washington, D.C., Washington DC, United States
"On Jan. 27, at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Maestro Lotoro led a concert of this music in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day."
Barletta, Barletta-Andria-Trani, Italy
"Barletta, a coastal city in Puglia, Italy, is an unexpected place for a massive archive of concentration camp music."

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