Documentary on Ukrainian Rescuer of Yiddish Folk Music
Wednesday, March 23, 5:00 PM PT | 8:00 PM ET Zoom ? Watch the documentary film,?Song Searcher: The Times and Toils of Moyshe Beregovsky, and then join us for a panel discussion. The film tells the story of someone who crisscrossed Ukraine with a phonograph in hand during dramatic years of Soviet history to record the traditional music of Ukrainian Jewry. Many of the people who sang for him were later murdered by the Nazis. Beregovsky's efforts saved much of Yiddish musical heritage from being lost.