Adrienne Khana Cooper (September 1, 1946 – December 25, 2011) was a singer – one of the great Yiddish performer\u2019s of our time \u2013 and an activist. She played a major role in the renewal of klezmer music with her influence on the teaching of Yiddish songs.<\/p>\n
She also was deputy director at YIVO, the Yiddish scientific institute in New-York, programming director at the Chinese Museum in America, and program director at the Workmen\u2019s Circle (Arbeter Ring).<\/p>\n
She co-founded Klezkamp and was member of the organization\u2019s bureau \u201cJews for Racial and Economic Justice\u201d (JFREJ) until summer 2011, when she was diagnosed with a cancer that took her away on December 25, 2011.<\/p>\n
Her daughter, Sarah Gordon, is a singer, in particular with her band \u201cYiddish Princess\u201d.<\/p>\n
Visit her website<\/a><\/p>\n Watch her interview on Yiddish Book Center\u2019s website<\/a><\/p>\n Read more on the Jewish Women Archives<\/a><\/p>\n Her necrology in New York Times<\/a>, December 28th 2011<\/p>\n Listen to the radio show tribute to Adrienne Cooper by H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Engel on her program Hidden sides of Jewish Music<\/a><\/p>\n