{"id":6660,"date":"2020-03-11T12:21:15","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T10:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yiddishpiel.dreamhosters.com\/plays\/%d7%90%d7%99%d7%9a-%d7%9e%d7%97%d7%96%d7%99%d7%a8%d7%99%d7%9d-%d7%90%d7%aa-%d7%94%d7%a9%d7%a0%d7%99%d7%9d\/"},"modified":"2020-06-10T11:36:54","modified_gmt":"2020-06-10T08:36:54","slug":"%d7%90%d7%99%d7%9a-%d7%9e%d7%97%d7%96%d7%99%d7%a8%d7%99%d7%9d-%d7%90%d7%aa-%d7%94%d7%a9%d7%a0%d7%99%d7%9d","status":"publish","type":"play","link":"https:\/\/yiddishpiel.wpisrael.com\/en\/plays\/%d7%90%d7%99%d7%9a-%d7%9e%d7%97%d7%96%d7%99%d7%a8%d7%99%d7%9d-%d7%90%d7%aa-%d7%94%d7%a9%d7%a0%d7%99%d7%9d\/","title":{"rendered":"Mordechai Gebirtig-   A Songwriter&#8217;s Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"figure\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>                                             <strong>A presentation show <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>            <strong>With: Kobi Luria (narrator) and &#8220;Yiddishpil&#8221; actors<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\nMordechai Gebirtig (1877- June 4, 1942) was a prominent Yiddish poet and\nsongwriter. Born and lived in Krakau, just where he composed his songs and\nraised a family. Gebirtig was shot by the Germans in the Krakau ghetto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Gebirtig&#8217;s\nsongs, lyrics and music, so movingly capture the story and atmosphere during\nthe &#8220;final stage&#8221; of Jewish life in Poland. Using simple tunes\nmatched with everyday prose, with sensitivity and subtle humor, his music aims\nstraight at the heart of the listener. Several of his songs, his prophetic\n&#8220;Es Brent&#8221; to mention one, for this reason alone are by now\nconsidered immortal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Kobi\nLuria, a writer, musician, researcher and most of all, an enthusiastic fan of\nMordechai Gebirtig, narrates the life and work of this Yiddish poet whilet he\nsongs are performed by the &#8220;Yiddishpil&#8221; members. For the audience&#8217;s\nconvenience, the songs&#8217; lyrics would be simultaneously screened on the board,\ntransliterated and translated to English.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A presentation show With: Kobi Luria (narrator) and &#8220;Yiddishpil&#8221; actors &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mordechai Gebirtig (1877- June 4, 1942) was a prominent Yiddish poet and songwriter. Born and lived in Krakau, just where he composed his songs and raised a family. Gebirtig was shot by the Germans in the Krakau ghetto. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Gebirtig&#8217;s songs, lyrics and music, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":7907,"template":"","class_list":["post-6660","play","type-play","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yiddishpiel.wpisrael.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/play\/6660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yiddishpiel.wpisrael.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/play"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yiddishpiel.wpisrael.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/play"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yiddishpiel.wpisrael.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yiddishpiel.wpisrael.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}