Pantakozak and other new Yiddish Songs for Kids by Jordan Wax New Year “My intention is to stimulate

“My intention is to stimulate a new consideration of an area of literature that is too often ignored

and the 1953 translation by fellow Nobel laureate Saul Bellow

Music and lyrics by Jordan Wax

and lived to see liberation

Udel’s evocative translations of Yiddish stories and poetry will delight young and older readers alike

Pantakozak and other new Yiddish Songs for Kids by Jordan Wax New Year “My intention is to stimulateWith Pantakozak, Jordan Wax has created a secular Yiddish childrens music album with the same level of care and attention as the best albums for adults, blending joy (nakhes), play, and a deep regard for cultural heritage. Wax draws on klezmer, Lutari, and American musical traditions to build an artistically and musically rich collection of songs, rejecting the simplistic, sing song approach that much of todays childrens music takes, and creating an