Stories of Ukrainian Jews

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIXNWDblzj4 Leonard Bernstein’s father, an emigrant from Rivne, for whom the musicians were associated with wandering beggar violinists, did not immediately support little Lenny’s passion for playing the piano. Samuel Bernstein saw in his son the successor to their family cosmetic supplies business, so ten-year-old Leonard had to pay almost entirely on his own for his first music lessons, earning by performing on holidays. As a result, the parents gave...