virtual home of the recorded works of Belf’s Rumanian Orchestra aka Rumynski Orkestr Belfa aka Rumanian Orchestra under the Direction of Kapellmeister V. Belf
klezmershack.com ("We have klezmer news and the latest reviews. For new musicians, we've added a FAQ on "Essential klezmer repertoire" culled from the Jewish-music mailing list.")
Hank Sapoznik and the Youngers of Zion
Forelocks, not dreadlocks for Hasidic hip-hopper
Klezmer mp3s (short samples fro a German site)
Baltimore Tummelers Klezmer Band
Klezmerica (frozenchosen.com, from Minnesota...)
Klezmer summary from jewish-online.de
Klingon Klezmer --and their own site
On (and Beyond) the Pale
Beyond the Pale: the history of Jews in Russia ...and Beyond the Pale a Toronto Klezmer band --see some video
I happened upon A guide for the perplexed [sound recording] : Jewish alternative
movement.
New York : Knitting Factory Records, 1998.
CALL NO. CDS 1271.
and a Google search led me to:
Jewish Politics, Jewish Culture
Jewish Alternative Movement (JAM)
Klezmer Review
JAM BANDS AT THE FREEMAN CENTER
Rhythm & Jews: Post-klezmer music hitches a ride to everywhere By Alexandra J. Wall
Freylekhe Felker: Queer Subculture in the Klezmer Revival By Dana Astmann
PopMatters home short takes THE KLEZMATICS Jews With Horns / Possessed (Margaret Schwartz) --and compare Of the Tradition, but not in the Tradition and THE KLEZMATICS REVITALIZE THEIR ROOTS by Seth Rogovoy
Born David Daniel Kaminsky in Brooklyn in 1913, Danny Kaye was the son of an immigrant Russian tailor. After dropping out of high school he worked for a radio station and later as a comedian in the Catskills. Known as "the Borscht Belt," the venues throughout the Catskills were often a place for comedians and other entertainers to experiment. After his solo success in the Catskills, the young Kaye joined the dancing act of Dave Harvey and Kathleen Young in 1933. On opening night he lost his balance and the audience broke into a roar of laughter. He would later incorporate this into his act.See also Any Day Danny Kaye By Stu Kobak
Born Joseph Levitch in Newark, NJ, on March 16, 1926, he was the son of borscht-belt comics, spending the majority of his childhood living with relatives but joining his parents each summer as they performed in the Catskills. From the age of five on, Lewis occasionally performed in his parents' act, and later quit high school in order to travel with his own comedy routine, which consisted primarily of mocking famous entertainers while their records were played off-stage. His early years as a performer were lean, and he often resorted to work as a soda jerk, a theater usher, an office clerk, or any one of a number of short-lived jobs. During the summers, he too made the rounds of the Catskills' borscht circuit, but otherwise enjoyed little success.In 1946, Lewis met another struggling performer, a handsome singer named Dean Martin. Later that year, while playing Atlantic City's 500 Club, another act abruptly quit the show, and Lewis suggested Martin to fill the void. Initially the two performed separately, but one night they threw out their routines and teamed on-stage, a Mutt-and-Jeff combo whose wildly improvisational comedy quickly made them a star attraction along the Boardwalk. ...With 1951's At War With the Army, Martin and Lewis earned their first star billing. The picture established the basic formula of all of their subsequent movie work, with Martin the suave straight man forced to suffer the bizarre antics of the manic fool Lewis. Critics often loathed the duo, but audiences couldn't get enough.
Stand Up, Fit In The Rise and Fall of the Borscht Belt waxes nostalgic for the Jewish comedy of assimilation
What Am I, Chopped Liver? By Tony Kornheiser