Pripetshik Zingt!: Pripetshik Sings Yiddish! Academy Award nominated director Joshua Waletzky, best known for Partisans of Vilna and Image Before My Eyes, brings us an entertaining new documentary film that celebrates Yiddish culture through song, performed exclusively by Yiddish-speaking children & teens. Executive Producer/Musical Director Binyumen Schaechter provides us with the fascinating history and background of the group, as well as informative introductions to each of the songs. The Pripetshik Singers, an exciting ensemble of young Yiddish speakers, perform classic Yiddish songs as well as favorite English tunes in Yiddish. The live performance is interwoven with interviews with the children as well as actual rehearsal footage, which together paint an entertaining picture of these talented kids and their love of the Yiddish language. Featured songs include: Az der rebe lakht Avremele un Yosele Yome, Yome Mu Asapru Kh’bin a kleyner tshaynik (I’m a Little Teapot) Lomir geyn tsu dem bolshpil (Take me out to the Ballgame) Binyumen Schaechter gives English introductions to the songs, and there are English translations of the Yiddish in the songs themselves in subtitles. Available on VHS and DVD (for North American video/dvd players only) Publication Year: 2004 [Links:] Pripetshik Singers (home page, at Yugntruf). vdPrip$24.95DVD or VHS Tape: DVD for $24.95 VHS Tape for $29.95 (+$5.00)