Click Here to Read: Yiddish Folk Song in Classical Music: Since before the 18th century, Jewish folk melodies have had a rich, unexpected influence on musical composition by Alex Weiser on the Tablet website on June 24, 2022.
A photograph of Joel Engel, Russian composer and ethnomusicologist, with an Edison phonograph used in recording Jewish folk songs. Image: Author Unknown. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons,
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EDITORIAL
Struck Anew
Shock occasions change. Five years ago ROOM flashed into being as an immediate response to the 2016 US election. Psychoanalysts who had never written before felt compelled to write.
ROOM has remained a participatory community platform, grounded in a psychoanalytic understanding of how change happens. Each issue archives a new moment. Each is a “working-through” of that which has already passed.
But now we are struck anew. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine occurred during the final weeks of production of this anniversary issue. Still, the questions posed by the contributors in ROOM 2.22 are eerily prescient and speak collectively for all of us. Each looks toward a future none can envision.
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