Rainbow Quest — Season 1, Episode 4: Ruth Rubin

Episode synopsis

Ruth Rubin is America's foremost collector of Yiddish folk music and the translator of countless Yiddish songs. Here she performs several well-known Yiddish songs including "Chanuke O Chanuke" and "Tumbalalayka."

About Rainbow Quest

Legendary folk musician Pete Seeger shares stories and songs with some of the folk and country music greats of the 1960s such as Johnny Cash, June Carter, Mississippi John Hurt, The Stanley Brothers and Doc Watson.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Tom Paxton, The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem
• E2'Leadbelly'
• E3Elizabeth Cotton, Rosa Valentin and Rafael Martinez
• E5Jean Ritchie and Bernice Reagon
• E6Malvina Reynolds and Jack Elliott
• E7Bessie Jones and Children from the Downtown Community School
• E8New Lost City Ramblers
• E9The Beers Family
• E10Herbert Manana
• E11Martha Schlamme
• E12Doc Watson, Clint Howard and Fred Price
• E13Norman Studer and Grant Rogers