Pantakozak and other new Yiddish Songs for Kids by Jordan Wax New Year and Nachman of Bratslav

and Nachman of Bratslav

Music and lyrics by Jordan Wax

Udel’s evocative translations of Yiddish stories and poetry will delight young and older readers alike

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and the 1953 translation by fellow Nobel laureate Saul Bellow

Pantakozak and other new Yiddish Songs for Kids by Jordan Wax New Year and Nachman of BratslavWith Pantakozak, Jordan Wax has created a secular Yiddish childrens music album with the same level of care and attention as the best albums for adults, blending joy (nakhes), play, and a deep regard for cultural heritage. Wax draws on klezmer, Lutari, and American musical traditions to build an artistically and musically rich collection of songs, rejecting the simplistic, sing song approach that much of todays childrens music takes, and creating an