Tikvah
Editors’ Pick

January 23, 2024

The Famed French Vocalist Who Sang “La Yiddishe Mama” and “Havah Nagilah” Gets a Museum in Armenia

Charles Aznavour.

Born in Paris to an Armenian family, Charles Aznavour became known as the Frank Sinatra of France for his success as a singer and songwriter. A museum about his life and legacy is set to open in Yerevan on March 22, the centenary of his birth. Having spent his childhood in Paris’s Jewish quarter, Aznavour knew some Yiddish and had a longstanding feeling of kinship with the Jewish people. Larry Luxner writes:

SaveGift