Jewish Heretics Podcast

Daniel Kahn | Jewish Heretics Podcast 9

Jewish Heretics Podcast

Show Notes

In this installment of the official UJPO Podcast, we interview internationally celebrated singer, songwriter, actor and Yiddishist, Daniel Kahn. In this wide-ranging discussion, we discuss his Jewish upbringing in suburban Michigan; his political activism at a young age; his discovery of Klezmer and Yiddish culture; his career as a songwriter and translator on the vanguard of Jewish music and theatre; and his enduring love for the late, great singer/activist, Adrienne Cooper.

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