Klezmer!

I knew absolutely nothing about the klezmer tradition - now I have a basic understanding of this wonderful cross pollination of music and culture that arrived with the Ashkenazi Jews of Central and Eastern Europe. Wonderful and vibrant illustrations help the story to jump off the pages! It is so imp......more

Celebratory and positive Jewish representation, including generational and Black. Add to text sets on cultural music and jazz. Klezmer music is distinctly Jewish, yet evolved from the shtetls of Europe to the streets of New York. “Klezmer’s oldish, and newish, like jazz, but it’s Jewish.”......more

Vibrant illustrations and active, rhythmic phrases bring energy and information to this musical book.......more