Scroll down to watch a special book launch event held on February 23, 2025 for Zisl Slepovitch’s new book of Jewish klezmer* tunes collected by Soviet-Jewish folklorist Sofia Magid (1892-1954) in Ukraine and Belarus. The talk featured Slepovitch along with leading scholars/musicians Walter Zev Feldman, Christina Crowder, Josh Horowitz, Michael Lukin, Joel Rubin and Cookie Segelstein.

CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE THE BOOK (Available for Concert Key and Bb Instruments) – You can also listen to the original source recordings made by Magid.

*Klezmer is traditional Jewish instrumental music originating in East Europe, and now performed in communities around the world. CTMD has been involved in advancing an international revival of klezmer since the 1970s. Click here and scroll down to see footage of a 1978 concert by klezmer clarinetist Dave Tarras produced by CTMD (then the Balkan Arts Center) with Andy Statman and Zev Feldman.

This program was presented by the An-sky Institute for Yiddish Culture, a project of the Sholem Aleichem Cultural Center and the Center for Traditional Music and Dance.