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Obama Pays Respect to Yad Vashem, Given ‘Chad Gadya’ Sheet Music

August 15, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

During President Obama’s visit to Yad Vashem, he was given some sheet music as a gift. It was a song composed by a Jewish cantor in Amsterdam during World War II. Marco Werman speaks with Ruth Maroko, the cantor’s sister-in-law.

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