As we approach the first night of Chanukah, the team at YAAANA would like to take a moment to wish you and your family a joyous holiday – a freylekhn khanike! Here at YAAANA, we are ushering in the Festival of Lights with Yiddish song — as part of a package for song workshops, but also as a […]
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US singer-songwriter Bob Dylan has sold the rights to his entire back catalogue to Universal Music Group (UMG). The deal is one of the biggest acquisitions in Universal’s history and means the company will collect all future income from the songs. It includes both the income Dylan currently receives as a songwriter and his control […]
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The Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus (JPPC) conducted by Binyumen Schaechter ♫♫ 4 YIDDISH CHANUKAH SONGS ♫♫ IN 4-PART HARMONY! Borekh ate (Blessed Are You) Fayer, fayer (Fire, Fire) Ikh bin a kleyner dreydl (I Am a Little Dreidel) Oy, Khanike, oy, Khanike (O, Chanukah, Oh, Chanukah) To support the JPPC, please write to: Information@TheJPPC.org
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UCLA has opened North America’s first permanent academic home for the study of music of American Jewish experience. Housed in the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, the new Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience will foster artistic creativity, scholarship, performance and other cultural expression, thanks to a $6.75 million gift from the Lowell Milken […]
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The Shalva Band Performs at the Closing Plenary The Shalva Band performed 5 songs including the 3 national anthems of the USA, Canada and Israel. Shalva Band to be honored with top media award The Shalva Band will be granted a special citation for fostering Israel-Diaspora relations through the arts, as part of the B’nai […]
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Featuring Award-Winning Musicians, Tonight’s 7PM PST LIVE Streamed Klezmer Summit is Not to be Missed! The Lipinsky Family San Diego Jewish Arts Festival hosts national stars for a musical celebration that glances back and looks ahead. This year’s Summit celebrates klezmer, Yiddish, jazz, world music and songs of social justice, with a special tribute to […]
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The impact of the destruction of European Yiddish culture in the Holocaust upon Yiddish song is clear: the cultural roots of this diverse repertory were razed and collections of songs destroyed alongside their singers. Nevertheless, today Yiddish song continues to thrive and develop in contexts ranging from small cultural clubs to major concert stages, and […]
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California Dreamin’ in Yiddish with beatboxing and a flute מיר איז תּמיד אינטערעסאַנט, ווען מענטשן זעצן איבער פּאָפּולערע אַמעריקאַנער לידער אויף ייִדיש, בפֿרט ווען עס גייט אַ רייד וועגן אַ ליד, וואָס האָט ניט קיין שום שײַכות צו ייִדן אָדער ייִדישקייט. לעצטנס האָט דער ניו־דזשערזיער ייִדישער כאָר „שרים ושרות“ אַרויסגעלאָזט אַ ייִדישן נוסח פֿונעם ליד […]
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Shmuel Cohen, or Sam Cohen to us less Yiddish aware, is a relatively common Jewish name. There are 708 Sam Cohens in just California and New York alone. There is only one Shmuel Cohen who should be honored as “The Shmuel Cohen.” Few ever heard of him. Shmuel Cohen died November 1940 in Rishon LeZion. […]
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Discographer Henry Sapoznik tracks down record by international Yiddish-language performer Thomas LaRue, and slips into a rabbit hole of Black Jewish history Early 1920s newspaper ads for the blockbuster New York Yiddish stage shows Dos Khupe Kleyd (The Wedding Dress) and Yente Telebende (Loquacious Battle‐Ax), featured a Black artist among the spotlighted performers. This was Thomas LaRue, a Yiddish-speaking singer […]
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