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The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra rehearses before its Nov. 14 performance at Carnegie Hall. Credit: Ron Oren.

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, led for the first time by an Israeli, conquers New York’s Carnegie Hall

November 17, 2022/ByMike Wagenheim/InNews/0 Comment

In a grand send-off, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) completed its first tour in three years with a performance at New York’s legendary Carnegie Hall on Monday. The tour marked the first under its newest maestro, Lahav Shani, who is the first native Israeli to lead the so-called “orchestra of exiles,” whose founding members were […] Read More

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German Jewish music festival brings global performers

September 29, 2022/ByJewish News Syndicate/InNews/0 Comment

Meshing Chassidic jazz, klezmer, opera and film, Germany’s International Days of Jewish Music are set to celebrate the coexistence of European Jews and non-Jews. Running from Nov. 21-27, the fourth edition of the festival takes place at synagogues, Jewish community centers and gathering places across the country, including in Berlin, Würzburg, Potsdam, Stavenhagen, Görlitz and Usedom. “It’s […] Read More

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‘Something in Preserve,’ a Musical about Seniors’ Lives, Wins Plaudits

September 19, 2022/ByEileen Wingard/InArticles/0 Comment

Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — Ryan Isaacs, Director of the Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family JCC, was visibly excited to welcome the sold-out audience in the Garfield Theater for the Osher production of Something In Preserve, an original musical. A large part of the audience consisted of seniors, for whom the subject matter […] Read More

The Importance Of Folk Music In Helping People To Feel Human

September 13, 2022/ByLaurence Mesirow/InJewish World, Music/0 Comment

When I was growing up, folk music was more than just a kind of quaint exotic pretty music to which people listened. It was also a vehicle through which people could ground themselves in the remnants of traditional cultures that were still able to survive the sensory distortion that was so present in modern technological […] Read More

Steven Skybell on stage as Tevye in the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene production. Photo by Lev Radin.

Is Tevye returning to Europe? Yiddish ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ hopes to head to Germany

August 19, 2022/ByMike Wagenheim/InArticles/0 Comment

The star of the Yiddish-language “Fiddler on the Roof” production thought it would be no more than a summer curiosity. But after a two-year hiatus induced by the coronavirus pandemic, the award-winning play is returning with a potential world tour in the works. “There is something about the Yiddish—just the sound of Yiddish on its […] Read More

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Monty Norman, the composer of the James Bond theme, dies at 94

July 13, 2022/ByNPR/InArticles/0 Comment

Monty Norman, a British composer who wrote the theme tune for the James Bond films, has died. He was 94. A statement posted Monday on Norman’s official website said: “It is with sadness we share the news that Monty Norman died on 11th July 2022 after a short illness.” Born Monty Noserovitch to Jewish parents […] Read More

Israeli singer, actress, and television host Noa Kirel as a soldier in the Israel Defense Forces, March 2021. Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit via Wikimedia Commons.

Israel picks Noa Kirel for 2023 Eurovision Song Contest

July 12, 2022/ByJewish Website/InNews/0 Comment

Noa Kirel, 21, was named on Monday as Israel’s representative for the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest. A panel from Israel’s public broadcasting network, Kan, and others picked the singer from a total of 78 candidates, reported Ynet. Kirel is a popular singer who has been performing since she was 14 years old. According to the report, she […] Read More

Yiddish scat at the Tony Awards

June 22, 2022/ByJewishWebsite/InArticles, Music/0 Comment

“Ella Fitzgerald, wherever you are, I apologise in advance.” Billy Crystal gave this year’s Tonys a jolt of Jewish shtick when he coaxed the audience into a call-and-response Yiddish scat routine In a good-faith mockery of Fitzgerald’s own famous scat routine, Crystal, in character as his Mr Saturday Night character Buddy Young Jr., let loose […] Read More

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El tema musical de Bob Esponja ahora se puede escuchar en Yiddish

June 22, 2022/ByAURORA/InArticles/0 Comment

Gracias a una traducción del tema musical de Bob Esponja, la comunidad judía sabe cómo recitar la canción en yiddish del programa infantil animado. La canción la creó Eddy Portnoy, asesor académico y director de exposiciones del Instituto YIVO para la Investigación Judía en Manhattan. La semana pasada, la hija de Portnoy puso el programa […] Read More

The New York Philharmonic will hold three performances at the Usedom Music Festival, which presents concerts in the turbine hall of the Peenemünde Power Station in Germany, May 2022. Credit: Courtesy of Usedom Music Festival.

Nazi weapons site is to be filled with the sounds of Jewish-composed music

May 13, 2022/ByMike Wagenheim/InNews/0 Comment

He and his family escaped the Nazis. His music will now be played where Hitler’s regime tested its weapons. The New York Philharmonic—in an event a decade in the making—will hold three performances next week at the Usedom Music Festival, which presents concerts in the turbine hall of the Peenemünde Power Station in Germany. Peenemünde was […] Read More