How lost Yiddish songs from a Ukrainian ghetto revive links to Shanghai’s past
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The city, once home to thousands of Jewish refugees, will be one of the first places in East Asia where the songs are brought back to life.

Lost anti-fascist Yiddish language songs from World War II will be making their Asian debut this month. Yiddish Glory will be performing in Shanghai, a city where some 18,000 Jewish refugees found shelter from the Nazis, Hong Kong and in South Korea. The project is the brainchild of University of Toronto academic Anna Shternshis, who said Shanghai’s own history gave the choice of venue an extra significance, and songwriter and musician Psoy Korolenko. Their performances, which combine live music…

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