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Arts & Culture
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Europe / FSU
breaking news In search of Jewish Vilna
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From klezmer to country:
Linking the soundtracks
Ruth Ellen Gruber
Singer/songwriter Kinky Friedman, above, "dangles and discards preconceptions about cowboys, the Wild West, country music - and Jews," Gruber says.
For nearly two decades, Ruth Ellen Gruber has been writing on Jewish issues from Europe. Now in the launch of her new JTA column, the veteran correspondent explores the link between Europe's obsession with things Jewish and the Wild West.

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