Abstract
This text results from a research on Yiddish language and music developed in Brazil. Its context is the recent revival of the Yiddish language in several countries, by young people both Jews and non-Jews. The first item summarizes the theoretical and methodological framework of the research based on language studies, critical theory of culture and philosophy of dialogue. It analyzes the concepts of language, childhood and remembrance, based on Walter Benjamin, Mikhail Bakhtin and Martin Buber. The second item deals with Yiddish and Yiddish music. Recognized as a language in 1750, the dense Yiddish literature crosses cultures and reaches in music: many songs are poems. And the lyrics documents the history of Jewish communities, from the nineteenth century to the present days. The third item talks about children and memories and analyzes lyrics and melody of four songs where emerge childhood memories and childhood conceptions; plays and humor; fear and hope. And resistance.
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