<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[David Hendler&#039;s Writing]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://freetaco.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[David Hendler]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://freetaco.wordpress.com/author/davidhendler/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[literary history]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>While looking for books from our past, we came across a great guide on the Google Answers pages. Someone asked for recommendations for a young child and got back a world of information. Here is <a href="http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=469654">the great answer</a>, and it&#8217;s broken down by age group. Scroll down past the disclosure part and begin at &#8220;The Preschool Part&#8221;. Great books.</p>
<p>A different part of our past is the music of a people. Recently,  PBS ran a &#8220;Great Performances&#8221; show called <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/shows/shtetl/">From Shtetl to Swing.</a> It an excellent compendium of the history of the influence of first-generation Jews on popular music, using Irving Berlin as its main frame.</p>
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