Cantor Schwartz Sings L’khol Ish Yesh Shem (“Every Person Has a Name”)
Song of the Week • 3m 30s
On International Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27), we call to mind the human tragedy of the Shoah, the memories of the victims, and the survivors’ struggles. We have a responsibility to remember, no less now than in 1945, the horrendous places to which antisemitism and hatred can lead. As the last generation of survivors leaves us, what names will you remember?
Credits:
Lyrics: Zelda Schneurson Mishkovsky (1914-1984)
Music: Hanan Yovel (1946), arr. Oran Eldor
Recorded live at Park Avenue Synagogue, Yom Kippur 2021
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