Cafe Shira by David Ehrlich Holocaust History Including poetry from: B

Including poetry from: B

four sisters who mix up their feed in bed one night

and give firsthand accounts of how klezmer is transmitted and how its practitioners maintain a balance between preservation and innovation

Translated by Joseph Singer

Cafe Shira by David Ehrlich Holocaust History Including poetry from: BNew to Jerusalem and to adulthood, Rutha serves Caf Shiras devoted customers with a quiet compassion and a sensitive gaze, collecting their stories and absorbing them at her peril. Avigdor, the melancholy and somewhat weary caf owner, philosophizes about love as he attends to the needs of his patrons while ignoring his own. Christian, a young religious pilgrim, has come to Jerusalem to find God but stumbles upon a much different revelation. These