Created for NPR, the Western Wind and renowned actor Leonard Nimoy present eclectic selections from the Ladino songs of the Spanish Jews and Yiddish melodies of Eastern Europe to modern Israeli tunes and their original version of "I Have a Little Dreydle." The singers sing a cappella and are also joined by instruments. The narration written by Rabbi Gerald Skolnik sheds light on the holiday customs and rituals.
Narrated by renowned actress Tovah Feldshuh. Marvel as the famous vocal sextet takes you on a 500-year musical journey with the Sephardim. The songs touch on birth, love and courtship, marriage and family, death, and the foods and rituals that celebrate life's voyage. Guest musicians add accompaniment on the instruments of those lands: kamenc, oud, rebec, vielle, violin, recorder and dumbek.