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| Title | Yiddish Lives On in Catskills |
| Body | From http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/26/arts/26klezmer.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper No Need to Kvetch, Yiddish Lives On in Catskills By JOSEPH BERGER November 25, 2010 In a chilled and snow-shrouded Catskills landscape, hundreds of people get together every December to try to breathe some warmth into a dying culture. For almost a week at a hotel here, organizers immerse the group, which calls itself KlezKamp, in Yiddish and the folkways of the Eastern Europeans who spoke that language until Hitler extinguished their communities. Classes are offered in Yiddish conversation, humor and literature; in klezmer — the sometimes plaintive, sometimes mischievous folk music that has experienced an astonishing comeback — and in the snaking, coiling, hand-clapping dances animated by those melodies. Read the full article at http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/26/arts/26klezmer.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper |
| Source | New York Times |
| Inputdate | 2010-12-12 10:48:26 |
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