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Yale Strom Yiddish scholar & artist leading a unique tour to Moldova and Romania in Oct. 2020

December 11, 2019/ByJewish Website/InEvent Announcements and Recaps, Yiddish Vinkl/0 Comment

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 […] Read More

“Baby It’s Cold Outside” in Yiddish! – קעצעלע, ס’ברענט דער פֿראָסט

December 4, 2019/ByJewish Website/InMusic, Yiddish Vinkl/0 Comment

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 […] Read More

ווידעאָ: „אַרום דעם פֿײַער‟

December 2, 2019/ByJewish Website/InMusic, Yiddish Vinkl/0 Comment

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 […] Read More

From Poland with piano love

December 2, 2019/ByBarry Davis/InEvent Announcements and Recaps, Featured, Music, News/0 Comment

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 […] Read More

Yiddish folk music as a marker of identity in post-war Germany

December 2, 2019/ByJewish Website/InYiddish Vinkl/0 Comment

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 […] Read More

Introducing: Pini Einhorn! An Incredible New Album – Now Available in America

December 2, 2019/ByJewish Website/InCD of The Week/0 Comment

America, we’d like to introduce you to Pini Einhorn. If you haven’t heard of this incredible singer and musician, now is the time! Pini, already very popular and beloved in Israel, has just released an incredible album. This top of the line production is now available in America, distributed by Nigun Music. ⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ The […] Read More

Liona and Serena strings: ‘Sefarad, Sephardic music in ancient Spain’

November 19, 2019/ByJewish Website/InRincón Sefaradí/0 Comment

Liona & Serena Strings emerged in 2013 making versions of Brazilian, Spanish, Hebrew, African and Arab songs, to gradually develop their own identity as a group. Being Hebrew and living in Spain, Liona leads the group towards what is its musical essence and focuses it on Hebrew and Jewish music originated in Spain and the […] Read More

Jack Black, Flaming Lips and Haim among those to join Hanukkah album

November 18, 2019/ByJNS/InEvents, News/0 Comment

A holiday-inspired music album titled “Hanukkah+” will be released on Nov. 22 and feature a collection of Jewish classics and originals from artists, including Haim, the Flaming Lips, Jack Black and Yo La Tengo, The Rolling Stone reported. The album, produced by Grammy-winning music supervisor Randall Poster, will be released via Verve Forecast, with a vinyl release following on Dec. 13. […] Read More

The Nigun. A mystical musical prayer introduced by Hasidic Judaism

November 12, 2019/ByDR. JAMES LOEFFLER/InArticles, Music/0 Comment

“There are gates in heaven that cannot be opened except by melody and song.”—Attributed to Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liady, founder of Chabad From the time of its emergence in the 18th century, the Hasidic movement turned to music and dance as powerful forms of Jewish religious expression. One result was the Hasid ic nigun (Hebrew for “melody”; plural nigunim), a new genre […] Read More

Oz Tischazek LIVE! MK Production ft. Yiddish Nachas & Boruch Yidi Gross Music | אידיש נחת – אז תתחזק

November 12, 2019/ByJewish Music Reporter/InYiddish Vinkl/0 Comment

Oz Tischazek, the new song off the latest Yiddish Nachas hit album: Mizmor Shir, composed by the legendary Yossi Green, is now being beautifully performed live on stage at a recent Bar Mitzvah in Upstate, NY by the talented Yiddish Nachas boys choir – with solos by Moshy Kraus and the magical voices of child […] Read More