The Sound of Exile: European Jewish Refugees in Shanghai, 1938-1947 by Yating Tang Yiddish Learning The music of Rejoice with

The music of Rejoice with Itzhak Perlman and Cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot – with reminiscences by Elie Wiesel

Ilan Stavans is Lewis-Sebring Professor of Humanities and Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College and the author of many books

working in publishing houses and textile factories

evolving life to this day

Hardcover 2000

The Sound of Exile: European Jewish Refugees in Shanghai, 1938-1947 by Yating Tang Yiddish Learning The music of Rejoice withCombining diaspora studies and ethnomusicology, The Sound of Exile examines how Central European Jewish refugees employed music as a means of reconstructing cultural identity amid turmoil and displacement in Shanghai. From orchestral arrangements and cabarets to traditional synagogue liturgy, music served as the common thread weaving together the history of Jewish life, thought, and exile. Navigating a Shanghai that was embroiled in its own