A collection of previously unheard Leonard Cohen material will be released as Thanks for the Dance, an album described by representatives for the late songwriter as “an unexpected harvest of new songs” and “a continuation of the master’s work”. Cohen had asked his son, Adam, to complete the sketches left over from their prior collaboration […]
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Abstract Judeo-Spanish Sephardic (“Ladino”) songs have been sung, remembered, composed, and adapted around the Mediterranean, from the late-fifteenth-century expulsions from Iberian lands to festivals of new Ladino songs. This reflective survey explores mythologies around this multi-site, interactive tradition, of which diaspora and re-invention have been defining elements since its inception. Following a brief background, it […]
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By Rabbi Jack Riemer You don’t need to be a scholar of Jewish music to enjoy Velvel Pasternak’s new book, “Behind the Music: Stories, Anecdotes, Articles & Reflections.” You just need to be someone who wants to learn about the adventures of the author, a man who has done more than anyone else in our […]
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Rosh Hashahah, the Jewish New Year, begins at sundown next Sunday September 29th and Yom Kippur, the day of atonement, follows 10 days later. As a kid growing up in Brooklyn, NY, these holidays meant one thing to me: two welcome days off after our new school year had just started. As an adult, I have come […]
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Dan Isaac and Binyomin Rubenstein have been making music together since 2010. Their new and inspiring Jewish music project comes from an array of nigunim (songs) written by Binyomin and developed, recorded and produced by the duo in Israel. Isaac and Rubenstein create acoustic, live, real, and beautiful music with memorable melodies and rich harmonies […]
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די זינגערין און מוזיקאָלאָגין דזשיין פּעפּלער, וואָס איז שטענדיק אַ פֿאַרלאָזלעכער קוואַל פֿון טשיקאַווע ווידעאָס פֿון אַלטע לידער, האָט לעצטנס אַרויסגעלאָזט אַ רעקאָרדירונג פֿון ד׳׳ר הענעך סאַפּאָזשניקס זאַמלונגען, אין וועלכער שלמה שמולעוויטש זינגט זײַן בדחנות־ליד „אַ ביסל משקה‟. אין דער רעקאָרדירונג, פֿון 1903, קען מען הערן די שטאַרקע השפּעה וואָס דער אָפּערעטע־סטיל האָט געהאַט אויף […]
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Rabbi Jeffrey Summit, Ph.D., is a man of many talents. He is the Neubauer Executive Director of Hillel at Tufts University and holds appointments as research professor in the department of music and the Judaic studies program. He was nominated for a Grammy Award for his album, “Abayudaya: Music from the Jewish People of Uganda,” […]
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When searching for songs for a playlist I was putting together for my kids on Spotify, I came across a tune — “Pana HaGeshem,” (“The Rain has Gone Away”) by Cindy Paley and Ann Brown — that I hadn’t heard in at least 20 years. I discovered that, in addition to remembering all the words […]
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Dimanches de 11h à 13h (sauf exceptions) Ouvert aux instrumentistes à partir de 10 ans et ayant trois ans de pratique de leur instrument, cet atelier propose d’étudier les grands standards de la musique klezmer et de constituer un répertoire en vue de représentations publiques. La musique klezmer est présente lors des festivités et mariages juifs d’Europe de […]
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When I was in my 20’s, my two sisters and I lived in Mexico City in a Jewish area known as Colonia Polanco. We had an apartment on a street called Tennyson in an older run down building that had been quite lovely in its heyday. There were two Sephardic families living in the same […]
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