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How the NY Public Library acquired a ‘treasure trove’ of Jewish and Yiddish music

JL;DR SUMMARY The New York Public Library's Dorot Jewish Division has acquired a significant collection of 4,000 pieces of Jewish and Yiddish music, including cantorial music, Hasidic melodies, and pieces from Yiddish theater, klezmer, and opera. 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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Jewish MusicYiddish CultureYiddish TheaterKlezmerCantorial MusicDorot Jewish DivisionNy Public LibraryWevd RadioDavid ShiffMusical History

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New York, United States
"A collection of documents described as a treasure trove of Jewish music has been acquired by the New York Public Library, after being hidden in a cantors basement in Yonkers for 40 years."
Yonkers, New York, United States
"A collection of documents described as a treasure trove of Jewish music has been acquired by the New York Public Library, after being hidden in a cantors basement in Yonkers for 40 years."
Boston, New York, United States
"Hankus Netsky, the Boston-based klezmer band leader and educator learned of the existence of the WEVD collection in 2019 from David Reinhold, a Bobover Hasid in Borough Park who collects Jewish music."
Borough Park, New York, United States
"Hankus Netsky, the Boston-based klezmer band leader and educator learned of the existence of the WEVD collection in 2019 from David Reinhold, a Bobover Hasid in Borough Park who collects Jewish music."

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