The Midwestern Meshugas of Mickey Katz
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Jonathan Z. S. Pollack explores the career of entertainer Mikey Katz.
Jonathan Z. S. Pollack, Honorary Fellow at the Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies at UW-Madison, explores the popularity of Mickey Katz, a Jewish entertainer from Cleveland, Ohio, who parodied Yiddish songs in the mid-20th century.
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University Place is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin
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The Midwestern Meshugas of Mickey Katz
Special | 42m 10sVideo has Closed Captions
Jonathan Z. S. Pollack, Honorary Fellow at the Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies at UW-Madison, explores the popularity of Mickey Katz, a Jewish entertainer from Cleveland, Ohio, who parodied Yiddish songs in the mid-20th century.
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