Don't know if anybody followed the extremely moving BBC television series 'The Jews' recently.
Just caught up with the couple of episodes I missed last night, which included the Jewish input into US entertainment, including the effect Yip Harburg's 'Buddy' had on American history.
About twenty odd years ago there was an amazing documentary on British television (Channel 4) entitled 'Brother Can You Spare a Dime'
I think it was there I first heard 'Let's Put Out the Light and Go To Sleep' described as 'The Suicide Song' - it affected my listening to it ever since.
Jim Carroll