Silent Tears, The Last Yiddish Tango featuring Aviva Chernick & The Payadora Tango Ensemble

"Silent Tears" is based on a poem from the Terrace Holocaust Survivors Group led by Dr. Paula David (University of Toronto) at the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care.
It tells the story of a mother and her three children who were on the run from Nazis, hiding in a forest - and starving. So, the mother goes to a village to try and steal some bits of food for her kids and they become separated.
"Silent Tears"
Performed by Aviva Chernick and the Payadora Tango Ensemble
Music composed by Rebekah Wolkstein
Words: The Terrace Holocaust Survivors Group at the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care
Edited by the project's leader, Dr. Paula David
Adapted by Dan Rosenberg from the poem "What We Went Through"
Yiddish translation by Vicky Ash
From the album, "The Last Yiddish Tango"
From the Terrace Holocaust Survivors Group at the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care in Toronto, Canada
The Group's creative expression in the form of collectively-written poems is a tangible statement to the members' strengths and survival capacities The Group hopes that the collective nature of the poems will speak on behalf of other survivors unable to articulate their feelings
Aviva Chernick - Vocals
Rebekah Wolkstein - Violin
Drew Jurecka - Bandoneon
Robert Horvath - Piano
Joe Phillips - Double bass
Dan Rosenberg - Executive producer
Drew Jurecka - Producer, arranger, engineer
Artur Goloburdo - Videographer, video editing
Professor Anna Shternshis - Yiddish consultant
We would like to thank the Ontario Arts Council, the Canada Council for the Arts and the Toronto Workmen's Circle Foundation for their generous support of this project