Pioneers: The First Breach by S. An-sky, Translated by Rose Waldman synced when Gittel arrives at Ellis

when Gittel arrives at Ellis Island

and other masters--adding a whole new layer of humor and culture to the familiar tune

especially children

Many of the songs were written just before Holocaust victims were sent to their deaths

part New York stories

Pioneers: The First Breach by S. An-sky, Translated by Rose Waldman synced when Gittel arrives at EllisListen to our podcast with translator Rose Waldman here When young Zalmen Itzkowitz steps off the train on a dark, dreary day at the close of the nineteenth century, the residents of Miloslavka have no idea whats in store for them. Zalmen is a freethinker who has come to the rural town to earn his living as a tutor. Yet, rather than teach Hebrew, he plans to teach his students the Russian language and other secular subjects. Residents of the town