Disturb the Silence: Jewish Manuscript Found in Limanowa

A Polish scholar's journey to New York City to study a collection of century-old manuscripts discovered in Limanowa, a small town in southern Poland. The collection likely belonged to a musician named Salomon Susskind. The scholar's research focused on identifying the owners of the sheet music and uncovering information about who performed these pieces and where. The culmination of the scholarship was a presentation of reconstructions and arrangements of the discovered compositions, followed by a concert at YIVO featuring Jewish music based on the research. The scholar's experience connected them to a fundamental question about cultural survival and inspired them to compose their very first piece.