Sutzkever Abraham. The Poetry Of Abraham Sutzkever. The Vilno Poet, Reading In Yiddish

Read by the author. — Folkways Records, 1960. — 225 kbps. — Продолжительность: 00:31:21.Raised in Vilno (Vilna), the "Jerusalem of Lithuania," Abraham Sutzkever (1913–2010) experienced the two most significant events involving Jews during the 20th century: the Holocaust and the birth of the State of Israel in 1948. The first half of the recording reflects his experiences during the Holocaust, while the second half contains his personal reflections and experiences of modern Israel, in which he settled in 1947. Almost all of his poetry was written in his native Yiddish, the primary secular language of the Jews of Eastern Europe.The liner notes provide a biography of Sutzkever and information about Vilno; for each poem, there is an English synopsis and explanation, followed by the poem itself, in Yiddish.The Schoolteacher Mira
A Wagon Of Shoes
The Lead Plates Of Rome Printing House
So Should You Speak To The Orphan
Yiddishe Gass
Playthings
Were I Not With You
The Snows Of Mount Hermon
Deer At The Dead Sea
Petitions On The Grave Of Rabbi Simeon Yechoi
The Well Of Prophecy
At The Memorial In Yad Mordecai
In Sinai Desert