Rozhinkes mit Mandlen
Music, Lyrics Abraham Goldfaden (1840 -1908)
Singer Jane Seymour

This very popular lullaby was part of a song from the opera "Shulamis" by Abraham Goldfaden. He was the founder of modern Yiddish theatre. He was born in 1840, in Old Constantine, Ukraine. His given name was Avrom Goldenfodem. He was employed as an apprentice to his father. His three younger brothers worked at the same craft. Khayim-Lipe, his father was a respected watchmaker whom he later described as “the only craftsman in the shtetl . He enjoyed opening a Jewish book. Lipe was not stingy with his money in order to teach [me] Hebrew.” It was composed in 1880 by Avrohom Goldfaden as part of a musical play " Shulamis" in the Yiddish theater. Due to its beautiful melody and its words, it could be understood as a metaphor for the exile of Jewish people and their promised redemption. Rozhinkes mit Mandlen achieved tremendous popularity and was undoubtedly looked upon as if it were indeed an ancient melody.
Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg was born on 15 February 1951 in the town of Hayes, Middlesex, England. She was the daughter of John Benjamin Frankenberg, who was an obstetrician, and Mieke van Trigt, who was a nurse. Her father was an English Jew whose family came from Poland (in the village of Nowe Trzepowo). Her mother was a Dutch Protestant . She was a prisoner of war during World War II. Seymour was taught at the Arts Educational School in the town of Tring, Hertfordshire, in England. She took on the stage name "Jane Seymour" after King Henry VIII's third wife. Jane Seymour won an Emmy Award as well as two Golden Globe Awards. Jane Seymour sings in Yiddish.
Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg was born on 15 February 1951 in the town of Hayes, Middlesex, England. She was the daughter of John Benjamin Frankenberg, who was an obstetrician, and Mieke van Trigt, who was a nurse. Her father was an English Jew whose family came from Poland (in the village of Nowe Trzepowo). Her mother was a Dutch Protestant . She was a prisoner of war during World War II. Seymour was taught at the Arts Educational School in the town of Tring, Hertfordshire, in England. She took on the stage name "Jane Seymour" after King Henry VIII's third wife. Jane Seymour won an Emmy Award as well as two Golden Globe Awards. Jane Seymour sings in Yiddish.
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