The Ruth Rubin Legacy
Archive of Yiddish Folksongs

Younin, Wolf

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Title

Younin, Wolf

Subject

(c. 1908-2012)

Occupation: Journalist.
Handwritten: "A literary type person, Wolf Younin, in his rendition of folk songs, attempts to render them in a manner in which he heard them first from others."
[From blue index, RG 620, box 30]

Description

See his biography in the "Guide to the YIVO Archives"

Wolf Younin himself collected Yiddish folksongs, which you can listen to on the website Yiddish Song of the Week.

His obituary in the New York Times.

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Citation

“Younin, Wolf,” YIVO Online Exhibitions, accessed April 27, 2024, https://ataleoftwomuseums.yivo.org/items/show/2259.
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