COVID-Era Online Collective Research Initiatives in Yiddish Traditional Music

COVID-Era Online Collective Research Initiatives in Yiddish Traditional Music is discussed. Lately, ethnomusicology has been recommending and extolling greater research consultation and collaboration between musicians and scholars. Some people give joint papers, which helps to downplay and even denigrate the solo heroics or" field work while emphasizing inclusion. Still, analysis of collected material largely rests on the professional's shoulders, even if it is seen almost as a burden that comes with the status of expert. This participant-observer media review reports on a number of lively, interactive COVID-era (2020-early 2021) internet projects in Yiddish music studies that have leveraged the extensive free time of musicians, often serious researchers themselves, to work as a team with specialists and organizers in advancing an area of study, presentation, and performance.