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A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

Will Sol has been performing Klezmer music and Yiddish song and storytelling for the past decade.

Sh’ma: Listen! series plans ‘Vilna Remembered’ event

Published May 11, 2017

The Sh’ma: Listen! Speaker Series will present “Vilna Remembered: Celebrate the City of Vilna with Musician Will Sol” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 17 at the Saul Brodsky Jewish Community Library. Vilna — known as “Jerusalem of Lithuania” —...

Musician Will Soll. Photo: Dominique Macaire

The sounds of Vilna

BY BARRY GILBERT, Special to the Jewish LightPublished January 26, 2017

When you witness mandolinist Will Soll play klezmer music or sing in Yiddish, you naturally think that this has been his lifelong passion. Surprise: Soll has been on this musical and cultural journey for only a decade.“I am the most unlikely ambassador...

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