Abstract
The klezmer revival of the late twentieth century drew attention to this important area of Jewish music both through performance and through scholarship. Most writing on klezmer has focused largely on the revival itself and on its antecedent practices in the New York region. Hankus Netsky’s monograph on klezmer in twentieth-century Jewish Philadelphia provides an important counterpart to this literature, drawing attention not only to Philadelphia’s distinctive and creative Jewish musical tradition but also to the particularity and vibrancy of its broader Jewish culture.