Oral history interview with Ben Zion Shenker focused on his musical experiences as a child, his involvement with the Modzitzer Rebbe, and his ideas related to musical practices in the context of Jewish sacred services. Also encompasses other topics including Jews in Poland during WWII, the Jewish diaspora in the US, the importance of shepherd and peasant songs, "niggun" as a term or concept, his compositional process, and the histories of various Hassidic dynasties.
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