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The Yiddish radio pioneer behind Pete Seeger's 'Rainbow Quest'

JL;DR SUMMARY Sholom Rubinstein, a pivotal but often overlooked figure, played a critical role as the producer-director of Pete Seeger's 1960s TV show, Rainbow Quest. 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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Folk MusicYiddish RadioWevdPete SeegerTelevision HistorySholom RubinsteinRainbow QuestJewish BroadcastingMoe AschMusic Variety Shows

Places mentioned

New York, United States
"hundreds of hours of Yiddish and Jewish American broadcasts for New York stations into the 1960s."
Washington, Washington DC, United States
"Courtesy of Henry Sapoznik Yiddish Radio Collection American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C."
Newark, New Jersey, United States
"Yiddish and Jewish American TV programs for Newark television station WATV."
Israel
"report on the ground from Israel and around the U.S. on the impact of the war, rising antisemitism and polarized discourse."

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