Olga Avigail Mieleszczuk

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Olga Avigail Mieleszczuk is a singer, accordion player, and researcher of

Ashkenazi Jewish songs in Yiddish.[1][2][3][4] In 2012, Olga Mieleszczuk converted to Orthodox Judaism and acquired the first name Avigail. She currently lives in Israel.[1]

Mieleszczuk was born in

Her musical projects include Jewish

kleynkunst and Tel Aviv[7]), and Jewish Tango.[5]

She has had two children with her husband, Shlomi, who is of Kurdish descent.[1]

Albums

  • 2012: Jewish Folksongs From The Shtetl
  • 2017: Yiddish Tango Live in Jerusalem (with Tango Attack Band )[8]
  • 2021: Songs From The Bible Times Till Today

References

  1. ^
    Jewish Telegraph Agency
    , August 20, 2018
  2. ^ "Olga Avigail Mieleszczuk's Oral History", a video interview by Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project
  3. ^ MALGORZATA P. BONIKOWSKA "Rodowita Polka i jej żydowskie życie i muzyka w Izraelu", Gazeta, Canadian Polinia newspaper, August 27, 2018
  4. ^ "Olga Avigail Mieleszczuk", folk24.pl
  5. ^ a b Olga Mieleszczuk's autobiography
  6. ^ Jewish Polesye project
  7. ^ Li-La-Lo Project
  8. ^ YIDDISH TANGO FROM WARSAW

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