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Encyclopaedia Judaica. WALETZKY, JOSHWALETZKY, JOSH , U.S. filmmaker and musician. Waletzky was born in New York City. Early on his father, Sholom Waletzky, introduced him to Yiddish melodies. Waletzky studied piano and composition at the Juilliard School from 1959 to 1965 and spent a semester studying under Peter Schickele.
Mar 16, 2023 · Josh Waletzky and the Folksbiene debut a song cycle about immigration. By Curt Schleier March 16, 2023, 10:57 am. From left, Josh Waletzky, Sveta Kundish, Daniel Kahn, and Sasha Lurje sing...
Oct 29, 2014 · The Yiddish Song of the Week presents "Oy vey rebenyu" performed by Josh Waletzky. Video-recorded at Center for Traditional Music and Dance's office, New York City, by Peter Rushefsky, Ethel...
New York-born composer Josh Waletzky’s new Yiddish song cycle—“pleytem tsuzamen / פּליטים צוזאַמען/ Refugees Together”— is a call for solidarity with those who are most threatened.
Sep 2, 2021 · Filmmaker-songwriter Josh Waletzky wrote the song days after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001 and performs it here, without accompanim...
Joshua Waletzky is known for Partisans of Vilna (1986), The Endurance (2000) and Yentl (1983).
Sep 12, 1986 · Partisans of Vilna: Directed by Joshua Waletzky. With Abba Kovner, Alexander Bogen, Roberta Wallach. This film tells the story of the men and women who formed the Jewish partisan movement in Vilna, Lithuania, during World War II.
