Pantakozak and other new Yiddish Songs for Kids by Jordan Wax New Year and the 1953 translation by

and the 1953 translation by fellow Nobel laureate Saul Bellow

Music and lyrics by Jordan Wax

his work is rooted in psychological realism

“My intention is to stimulate a new consideration of an area of literature that is too often ignored

and the resilience and wisdom of the woman who lived to tell the tale

Pantakozak and other new Yiddish Songs for Kids by Jordan Wax New Year and the 1953 translation byWith Pantakozak, Jordan Wax has created a secular Yiddish childrens music album with the same level of care and attention as the best albums for adults, blending joy (nakhes), play, and a deep regard for cultural heritage. Wax draws on klezmer, Lutari, and American musical traditions to build an artistically and musically rich collection of songs, rejecting the simplistic, sing song approach that much of todays childrens music takes, and creating an