# Yiddish Tangos and Klezmer Mambos Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-jewish-studies-313327/yiddish-tangos-and-klezmer-mambos Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-jewish-studies-313327/yiddish-tangos-and-klezmer-mambos.md Podcast: [New Books in Jewish Studies](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-jewish-studies-313327) Published: 2026-07-10T08:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/NBNK3767192343.mp3 Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/NBNK3767192343.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/new-books-in-jewish-studies-313327/episodes/yiddish-tangos-and-klezmer-mambos ## Resource This panel discussion will explore the remarkable influence of Latin American music and dance on the culture of Yiddish speaking communities in the United States. Ronald Robboy will discuss Latin American musical influences upon Yiddish theater composers, including Sholom Secunda, Abraham Ellstein, and Alexander Olshanetsky; Sonia Gollance will discuss the popularity of dances like the Tango and Mambo in the Borscht Belt, as exemplified by movies like Dirty Dancing and Mamboniks; and Josh Kun will discuss the influence of Latin American music on post-war Jewish music and the influence of Jewish music on U.S. Latino/a artists. This event forms part of Carnegie Hall’s Nuestros sonidos festival. This panel discussion originally took place on March 10, 2025. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/jewish-studies ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/new-books-in-jewish-studies-313327/episodes/yiddish-tangos-and-klezmer-mambos/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-jewish-studies-313327/yiddish-tangos-and-klezmer-mambos.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.