Poetry Recital

 

Speaker:

Rafaël Goldwaser

 


Yiddishland - a literary journey from Warsaw to New York. Poems and monologues by the greatest authors of Yiddish literature read in Yiddish: Sholem Aleykhem, Itskhok Leybush Peretz, Itsik Manguer, Aaron Lutzki, Aaron Zeytlin, Kadya Molodowski, Avrom Sutzkever, Moyshe Leyb Halpern, Moyshe Waldman, etc...

Journey into Yiddish translated into or commented on in English or German.


About... :

Warsaw and New-York, the text reflects the clash between two worlds. With Rafael Goldwaser - who knows how to make his feet talk - Yiddish dances and swings. (Mannheimer Morgen, 14 March 1993)

The yiddish language reaches the reason and the heart. The joy of listening to it is a sweet an salty tear. A nostalgia. Listening to Rafael Goldwaser so poignant and lively, one feels the wisdom of a people saved from oblivion. (Die Rheinpfalz, 19 March 1993)