Schön and Sheyn –The Beautiful Harmony Between German-Russian and Russian Jewish Homesteaders 

*This is a partner event. In 1938, the Andrews Sisters’ Bei mir bist du schön (To Me You’re Beautiful) was a big radio hit. Though many believed it was a German song, it was a song written in Yiddish, a language spoken by Eastern European Jews. The record company changed the spelling of the word “beautiful” from Yiddish (sheyn) to German (schön). This anecdote opens the door to examine the similarities, beyond language, which laid the foundation for the good relationships between the Germans and the Jews, living near Odessa at the turn of the 20^th Century. Speaker: Rebecca E. Bender, who with her father Kenneth M. Bender, are coauthors of Still, a biography/memoir of five generations of their Jewish family and their communities. Registration.

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