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t i m e w h e n J e w s a s p i r e d t o b e i n g

a s w o r l d l y a s e v e r y b o d y e l s e , w h e n

t h e y a r g u e d a b o u t w h e t h e r g i r l s

s h o u l d c u t t h e i r h a i r a n d d a n c e

t h e C h a r l e s t o n , w h e t h e r a m o d e r n

g u y i s a “ c a v a l i e r ” o r a f a t h e a d , o r

w h e t h e r i t ’ s a c t u a l l y a g o o d t h i n g

t o h a v e d o u g h .

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I n t h e 1 9 3 0 s a W a r s a w s h o p k e e p e r p u b l i s h e d l y r i c s

o f t h e b i g g e s t Y i d d i s h t h e a t e r h i t s o f h i s t i m e .

S o m e t i m e s d r o l l , s o m e t i m e s n o s t a l g i c , t h e s e o n c e -

f a m o u s s o n g s d i s a p p e a r e d a f t e r t h e H o l o c a u s t . P e p p l e r

s p e n t t h r e e y e a r s s e a r c h i n g o u t t h e i r m e l o d i e s -

s h e ’ l l t a l k a b o u t t h e s e a r c h a n d s i n g t h e s o n g s . W i t h

s u b t i t l e s s o y o u d o n ’ t m i s s a n y t h i n g !

Wednesday October 22 12:00-1:00 pmAfrican & Middle Eastern Division Reading RoomThomas Jefferson Building, LJ 22010 First St. S.E.Washington, D.C. 20540Metro: Capital South

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Yiddish Songsof the Jazz Age

The Hebraic SectionAfrican and Middle Eastern Division

Library of Congress presentsa concert/presentation by Jane Peppler & Roger Spears:

Cop ie s o f “ Y idd i sh Songs f rom Warsaw 1929-1934: the I t s ik Zhe lonek Co l l e c t ion” and the

accompany ing cds w i l l be ava i lab le for sa le

Mary P i ckford Theater , ( LM 302) ,

James Mad i son Memor ia l Bu i l d i ng ,

3rd F loor ,

101 I ndependence A v enue , S E ,

Wash ing ton , D . C . 20540