Jewish Songs. In Russian.

The Yiddish folk song that crossed every border. A young man asks his beloved riddles - and the answers shape his understanding of love.

A light, joyful Hanukkah song - warm home in the storm, mama making latkes, the dreidl spinning, candles lit. A modern setting of Mordkhe Rivesman's 1912 classic, with new Russian lyrics by Anikina.

The classic Russian adaptation of the most beloved Jewish song in the world. Lyrics by Olga Anikina, vocals by Elechka - the recording that launched the catalog.

A bright Hanukkah song about children and the spinning dreidl. Russian lyrics make the festival accessible to families who don't speak Yiddish.

The bouncy Yiddish dance tune known across continents. The chorus everyone joins in on - even those who weren't born into Yiddish.

A dreamy, slow retro-chanson of the Rebbe Elimelekh story, with Russian lyrics by Olga Anikina.

The legendary Odessa dance returns - a new version of the Jewish wedding klezmer favorite, reimagined for a new generation.

The Yiddish nostalgia classic about a hometown left behind - given new Russian poetry. One of the most emotionally weighted songs in the catalog.

A tender meditation on the small things - a handful of happiness, carried close to the heart. One of the quiet favorites of the catalog.

A song of children carried away - a piece of Holocaust memory carried forward in Russian. Required listening for museums and educators.

A tango from the Vilna Ghetto. Music by Avrom Brudno (perished in Klooga camp), Yiddish text by Shmerke Kaczerginski. A song of spring that won't come - for the wife who was led away «такой же весною». Used in Yad Vashem and US Holocaust Museum programs.

An early, intimate guitar recording of Rebbe Elimelekh in Elechka's voice.

A playful klezmer song about empty pockets and a rich heart.

The national anthem of Israel - in Russian. A meditation on hope across centuries. Listeners across many nationalities have written letters about this recording.

A Russian take on the African-American spiritual 'Go Down, Moses' (Let My People Go), a call to freedom shared by two peoples.

The Yiddish anthem Ale Brider with Russian lyrics: we are all sisters, we are all brothers.

A boy from the Vilna Ghetto who sells cigarettes to survive. He whistles and sings instead of crying. Music by Misha Veksler, Yiddish text by Leib Rosenthal - both perished in the camps. Russian text by Olga Anikina, 2017.

One of the most piercing songs born in the camps. Original Polish text by 12-year-old Irka Janowski, who perished at Auschwitz. Russian poetic reconstruction by Olga Anikina, performed by Elechka.

A mother sings her son to sleep - «за рекою гром грохочет, а у нас в округе тишь да гладь». Original Russian poem by Olga Anikina (2017), inspired by Rikl Glezer's «S'iz geven a zumertog» from the Vilna Ghetto (1941). The melody - the same folk tune as in «Купите папиросы».

A song of the warm hearth and the warm home. The kind of song grandmothers used to sing when winter came.

A playful Yiddish song about trades and dreams - what would I be if I were a tailor, a baker, a shoemaker? Now in Russian.

New on the RIGLI channel. Words and the full story are on the way.

New on the RIGLI channel. Words and the full story are on the way.

New on the RIGLI channel. Words and the full story are on the way.

New on the RIGLI channel. Words and the full story are on the way.

New on the RIGLI channel. Words and the full story are on the way.

The dreidl Hanukkah song in Elechka's voice, the classic version. A modern version (Riglis Band) plays on the same page.

New on the RIGLI channel. Words and the full story are on the way.

New on the RIGLI channel. Words and the full story are on the way.

New on the RIGLI channel. Words and the full story are on the way.