Re: JEWISH-MUSIC digest 1704

[jonathan walton <jaw42...>]

hi everyone,


I have heard that there was much interplay between Jewish and Gypsy music 
and musicians in Eastern Europe before the war.  Could anybody advise me on 
recordings/publications/lecturers on this topic?
The information is for a Europe-wide Romany festival on April 8 next year 
(the organisers plan to get Jewish cultural involvement as well).

I don't know any hard facts, but it has always seemed to me that Jews and 
Gypsies appear to have so much in common (socially as well as historically). 
Personally I'm upset that more Jews have not publicly sided with the Roma 
during the recent national debates about asylum seekers in the UK and all 
the xenophobic hysteria that accompanied this. Many immigrants suffer from 
short-term memories, it seems.

For the record, it is said that Jews hold a unique place in Roma culture in 
that they are thought of as neither gadjo (non-gypsy) nor gypsy, but 
somewhere in between.


Thanks very much,
Jonathan Walton
Oi-Va-Voi.

ps ari - have you got a romanes translation of klezmer shack yet?
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