Jewish Folk Songs

Batya Fonda

Website dedicated to the folkloric Jewish songs.
“Jewish Folksongs” is a series of lectures given in either English or Hebrew about the ways folk songs reflect different themes of Jewish heritage. The songs mainly cover Yiddish and Ladino-speaking cultures, as well as a few piyutim, hasidic and Israeli folksongs.

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