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Excerpt from “Rejoice”: A Yidishe Mame (A Jewish Mother)
Neil Sedaka introduces the song "A Yidishe Mame" (A Jewish Mother) and violinist Itzhak Perlman and Cantor Helfgot perform the popular Yiddish classic with Vaudeville roots, backed by The Klezmer Conservatory Band and The Rejoice Chamber Orchestra. Watch "Rejoice with Itzhak Perlman and Cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot" on Thursday, August 28, 2014, at 9 pm on PBS.
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