Traditional Hanukkah Songs from Around the World
We want to be sure everyone has a chance to enjoy the full richness of the holiday, and we don’t just mean the delicious fried richness.
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Hanukkah Playlist, Various Artists: Milken Archive Digital Volume 4
Stream the Hanukkah Playlist from Milken Archive of Jewish Music We want to be sure everyone has a chance to enjoy the full richness of the holiday, and we don’t just mean the delicious fried richness. So we’re sharing a 27-track Hanukkah playlist (including the full album) for free on Spotify.
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Jerusalem youth orchestra selected to perform in New York’s Carnegie Hall
Jerusalem’s Hassadna Wind Orchestra has been selected to perform at New York’s Carnegie Hall in April as part of the New York International Music Festival. The teen orchestra, consisting of 48 high school students, is one of six ensembles from around the world selected to perform at the famed New York venue. At the festival, […]
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Israeli Andalusian orchestra performs second concert in secret in Morocco
“We opened the festival with a concert that is entirely a message of peace and dialogue achieved through music,” said Jacob Ben Simon, the orchestra’s general manager. Photo: The Kasbah of Aït Benhaddou in southern Morocco, built by the Berbers from the 14th century onwards. Credit: Donar Reiskoffer via Wikimedia Commons. An Israeli orchestra from […]
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DJ Beethoven’s “Ale Brider” oif Yiddish
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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Beautiful Yiddish Chanukah Song, “Borekh ate”
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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Yale Strom Yiddish scholar & artist leading a unique tour to Moldova and Romania in Oct. 2020
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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“Baby It’s Cold Outside” in Yiddish! – קעצעלע, ס’ברענט דער פֿראָסט
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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ווידעאָ: „אַרום דעם פֿײַער‟
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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From Poland with piano love
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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