Itzhak spoke to Yitzchok in Hebrew. Hankus spoke to Yitzchok in Yiddish. It all happened in a recording studio where Springsteen and Madonna recorded big hits.
The violinist Itzhak Perlman and cantor Yitzchok Meir Helfgot were joined by Hankus Netsky of Boston’s Klezmer Conservatory Band and conductor Russell Ger, Helfgot’s musical director at the Park East Synagogue to record a new album. This 11-minute podcast was produced for The Forward in 2011