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Posts by Joshua Kurtz
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From the Rural Village to the East Village: Reviving Traditional Tunes with Ukrainian Village VoicesSince Russia’s war in Ukraine broke out in February 2022, the ensemble has received numerous invitations to perform, including at the 2023 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
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“We Will Outlive Them”: The Story of a Yiddish Song, Protest Slogan, and Cultural RevivalThe story of the phrase “mir veln zey iberlebn” begins in the Polish city of Lublin during World War II.
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