For decades now, whenever anyone asked me what was happening in the world of Yiddish or if there was a future for Yiddish, I would invoke Adrienne's name. SHE is the one who is always happening in all the worlds she touched all over the world. It was impossible to listen to her teach, sing, laugh and not be moved. Whatever knowledge or sensitivity I have to music is owing to Adrienne. Her generosity and kindness were legion. She insisted that everyone was capable of singing and, despite my awful voice, only she could make me begin to believe it. Her voice resonates in song, in the values of Yiddishkeyt, in the struggle for social justice, for peace, for humanitarian and feminist causes. The blessings she has bestowed on us are the threads that bind her in the bonds of life.
For decades now, whenever anyone asked me what was happening in the world of Yiddish or if there was a future for Yiddish, I would invoke Adrienne's name. SHE is the one who is always happening in all the worlds she touched all over the world. It was impossible to listen to her teach, sing, laugh and not be moved. Whatever knowledge or sensitivity I have to music is owing to Adrienne. Her generosity and kindness were legion. She insisted that everyone was capable of singing and, despite my awful voice, only she could make me begin to believe it. Her voice resonates in song, in the values of Yiddishkeyt, in the struggle for social justice, for peace, for humanitarian and feminist causes. The blessings she has bestowed on us are the threads that bind her in the bonds of life.