A concert of Jewish music and Yiddish songs, the first since the Lithuanian Republic Joined the Soviet Union, has been presented at the Lithuanian holiday resort of Palange, where a huge square was jammed for the open-air performance, with persons from all parts of the republic, it was reported here today from Warsaw.
The program included traditional Jewish songs, including Hassidic melodies, and also modern pieces by Soviet Jewish composers.
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