Gale Kissin, 67, wears several hats. She not only sings and plays guitar and percussion in Mama Loshn, the Yiddish revival band she co-founded, but she’s spent decades working with attorneys as a private investigator. Though now “semi-retired,” the Sebastopol resident still takes on meaningful P.I. work and looks forward to a full recovery from recent hand […]
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Music is an integral part of our life. It is always there, giving us what we need, when we need it. A lot of times when you connect to a song, it seems like someone has written that song just for you. Although Jewish music has been with us since biblical times, there are new […]
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A title uniting topics and fields that are often dealt with separately may seem paradoxical. When associated, these topics are generally treated as legitimate but distinct chapters in a history of Judaism or a presentation of communities. The purpose of this paper is to present an overview of twenty years of research, which drawing on […]
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Yiddish poem: I. L. Peretz (1852-1915) Original music: Beethoven’s 9th Symphony Choral adaptation: Binyumen Schaechter Filmed live in performance November 1, 2015 • Merkin Concert Hall, NYC Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus Binyumen Schaechter, conductor Shinae Kim, pianist Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thejppc Website: http://www.TheJPPC.org Contact: information@TheJPPC.org
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The *beautiful* Yiddish Chanukah song “Borekh ate” (“Blessed Art Thou”) Performed by the Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus / JPPC Binyumen Schaechter, Conductor And if you haven’t yet seen the following here’s the JPPC performing the *playful* Yiddish Chanukah song “Fayer, fayer” (“Fire, Fire”) and the new contemporary choral arrangement of the classic song “Oy, Khanike, […]
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I am excited to tell you that I am leading a tour next year to Moldova and Romania that will focus on the Jewish history and culture in these countries. I will also organize some local klezmer concerts (myself with local musicians) as well. I bring a unique perspective from many other tour guides as […]
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Music and original English lyrics: Frank Loesser (1910-1969) Yiddish lyrics: Binyumen Schaechter (2015) Performed by Cantor Joshua Breitzer and Donna Breitzer Piano accompaniment by Seth Weinstein Filmed live in performance June 5, 2016 • Symphony Space, NYC as part of the choral concert “To Life, To Laugh, L’Chaim!” Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus / JPPC דער […]
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פֿײַער איז אַן אָפֿטער מאָטיוו אין דער וועלט־ליטעראַטור בכלל און אין דער ייִדישער פֿאָלקלאָר בפֿרט. גאָר אַ שיין ייִדיש ליד וועגן פֿײַער איז „אַרום דעם פֿײַער‟, וואָס מע פֿלעג זינגען בײַ די לאַגער־פֿײַערן אין די בונדיסטישע זומער־קאָלאָניעס אין פּוילן און ליטע, ווי אויך בײַ געוויסע אַמעריקאַנער זומער־קאָלאָניעס אַזוי ווי „קעמפּ־המשך‟, „קעמפּ קינדער־רינג‟ און „קעמפּ־בויבעריק‟. דאָס […]
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Nostalgia, as the worldy-wise might observe, ain’t what it used to be. Noam Zylberberg takes that line, too, even though his principal form of artistic expression delves into the past, the Polish past to be exact. Zylberberg, whose grandparents hail from Poland, reverted to his roots and has been a resident of Warsaw for the […]
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Book: European Judaism: A Journal for the New Europe Klezmer Music and Yiddish Song in post-war Germany developed in three phases, which are clearly divided through repertoire and style of interpretation: Yiddish song from the 1960s to the 1980s was followed by Klezmer as instrumental music, until Klezmer as World Music became part of the […]
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