"Yiddish Songs for the Soul" sets sail from the Folk Shteytl of Eastern Europe, making a port of call in the Kibbutz of Israel,the YIDDISH THEATRE STAGE, and arrives in the great CATSKILL MOUNTAIN RESORTS of New York State.

15 MP3 Songs
WORLD: Judaica, FOLK: Traditional Folk



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Hy Wolfe is an actor, singer and director whose roots are firmly planted in the world of Yiddish. Mr. Wolfe is the Artistic Director of the Yiddish National Theatre, and the Executive Director of CYCO (Central Yiddish Culture Organization) that publishes and sells Yiddish literature. Having been born in America to Holocaust survivors, Mr. Wolfeâs first language was Yiddish which afforded him the ability to perform effortlessly in both English and Yiddish. His twenty-five year performing career has taken him from California to New York to Europe where he has acted and sung on stage, screen, television and in concerts, and has performed as well in commercials, voiceovers and video films. His Appearances on the popular TV drama âLaw & Orderâ the daytime TV series âThe Edge of Night,â âThe Guiding Lightâ and âTexasâ are just a few of his credits. Mr. Wolfe performed the title role in âYankl der Shmidâ (Yankl the Blacksmith) for the Folksbine Yiddish Theatre, which was one of his many appearances for this renown theater. Other performances include âGrine Felderâ (Green Fields) for the Yiddish Public Theatre and several musical reviews for the Joseph Papp Public Theatre. Mr. Wolfeâs video âNo Shmaltz,â which showcases his many talents, was recently re-issued in DVD format.
Mr. Wolfe has toured the east coast with several shows that he mounted with Mr. Herbert Kaplan as Musical Director. Mr. Wolfeâs link to the âgoldene keytâ (the golden chain) is through the great actors with whom he has had the honor to perform such as Shifra Lerer, Mina Bern, Felix Fibich, David Rogow, Norman Kruger, Richard Carlow, Rachel Botchan, Suzanne Toren, Steve Sterner, Miriam Hoffman, Zypora Spaisman, Leon Liebgold, Bernard Mendelovitch, Emil Gorovets and Miriam Kressyn. Mr. Wolfe takes great pleasure in the realization that this CD dedicated to his parents is a triumph of the human spirit, a living memorial to the victims of the Holocaust, and a celebration of the resilience of Yiddish culture to survive and flourish in a world that at one time attempted to destroy all that is Yiddishayt.

Hy Wolfe


Music Titles
01 ××× ×ער פֿ×נצ×ער 3:16 in der finster
02 ×Ö· פֿרײ××¢×ס 2:27 a freylekhs
03 ××Ö¿××Ö¿×××¢ 3:07 havivele
04 ××ָס פֿרײ××¢××¢ ×ס××× 2:08 freylekher khosid
05 עס ××¢× ×§× ××× × ×Ö¸× ×× ×§×× ×ער-××Ö¸×¨× 4:43 es benkt zikh
06 ×ס××××××¢× 2:55 khasidimlekh
07 ×Ö· ××¢×נער ×××Ö· פֿר×Ö¸××-××Ö¸×¡× 3:41 a zelner
08 ××××××× 3:15 viglid
09 ××× ×××× ×ער פֿ×ַרנ×Ö·××× ××××£ ר×ס×שע פֿע××ער 3:44 in vinter farnakhtn
10 רâ × ××× ×ר×ַצ××¢××ער 1:45 reb nakhmen
11 ×××× ××Ö·× 3:22 eynzam
12 ××× ××× ×Ö· ××××°×ַק, ×× ××× ×Ö· "××Ö·×××¥" 2:28 I'm a Litvak and she's a Galitz
13 ××××××קâ×××× 3:53 Umglik Blues
14 × ××ער פֿ×ר "×××â××ַש ×עס×" 3:19 Number Four Humentash Lane
15 ××ָס ××× 2:02 dos lid

Herbert Kaplan is a pianist, composer, arranger and musical director. In 1996, Mr. Kaplan ventured for the first time into the world of Yiddish theater and Yiddish music as arranger and musical director on The Maiden of Ludmir for the Folksbiene Yiddish Theater. Here he met Hy Wolfe. Subsequently, Mr. Kaplan and Mr. Wolfe worked together on a production of Yankl der Shmid, also for the Folksbiene, as well as on the staging of Grine Felder for a new company formed by the legendary Zypora Spaisman. They have appeared together countless times on the concert stage, often with Shifra Lerer and Mina Bern, the two great divas of the Yiddish theater. It has been Mr. Kaplanâs goal to keep alive the essence and tradition of the music while bringing to it a modern sensibility that reflects Yiddish culture today. This album, which took a year to complete, includes a number of songs never before recorded. It is the fruit of many years of collaboration between Herbert Kaplan and Hy Wolfe. Mr. Kaplanâs other credits include more than four decades of music making in theaters and opera houses, and on concert stages in New York and throughout the United States. Three of his original musicals and a childrenâs opera have been produced. Mr. Kaplan is looking forward to the premier of a commissioned work for string trio this season.

Herbert Kaplan