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Strom to present Songs of Home and Exile in San Diego

April 8, 2019/By/InYiddish Vinkl/0 Comment

“Songs of Home and Exile” is the title of the program Yale Strom will present at Smith Recital Hall, SDSU, Tuesday evening, April 9 at 7 p.m. The multi-talented artist-in-residence at San Diego State University’s Jewish Studies Department, has assembled an outstanding group of singers and instrumentalists for this concert. Chloe Pourmorady, a Persian-Jewish violinist, […] Read More

“We stand together for each other”, by Simja Leiner

April 4, 2019/By/InArticles, Music/0 Comment

Jewish music has a deep meaning in its melodies, which help us to be better people. Together we can! Read More

With a Song In His Heart

April 4, 2019/By/InFeatured/0 Comment

The cleric whom I called “My Hazz”, Cantor Sherwood Goffen, has passed away. More than forty years ago, it was my honor to pray at the Lincoln Square Synagogue while I lived in New York, where Hazzan Goffen’s sweet voice inspired a generation. I had first seen the Hazz on an American folk song TV […] Read More

In memory of Danny Ben-Israel

April 2, 2019/By/InArticles/0 Comment

On March 11, the world lost someone who was very special, who made a mark and touched people with his voice, as a singer, a humorist and writer. Born in Tel Aviv in 1944, Danny Ben-Israel began his musical career while serving in the Israeli Defense Forces and enjoyed a string of pop hits before […] Read More

Songs of Home and Exile

April 1, 2019/By/InEvents/0 Comment

Tuesday, April 9, 7pm, in Smith Recital Hall at SDSU Join us to celebrate Chloe Pourmorady, a Persian-Jewish violinist, vocalist, and composer, influenced by the rich musical language and spirituality of her roots and from around the world. She naturally blends many styles and languages together from Western classical, Middle Eastern, to Balkan and rock. […] Read More

Ghetto Tango: Wartime Yiddish Theater

March 27, 2019/By/InCD of The Week/0 Comment

If you like Kurt Weill or Tom Waits, you will probably enjoy Ghetto Tango, an immaculately packaged collection of World War II Yiddish theater songs intelligently interpreted by two contemporary musicians. Adrienne Cooper’s vocals can crack you up with laughter or wring your guts with heartbreak, and Zalmen Mlotek’s piano accompaniment is brilliant. The anger, […] Read More

The Music of Shlomo Carlebach

March 27, 2019/By/InArticles, Music/0 Comment

Though not necessarily written for worship, neo-Hasidic melodies quickly found their way into the synagogue. Shlomo Carlebach (1925-1994) was among the most unorthodox Orthodox rabbis of the 20th century. With a unique personality reflecting the full fervor of his adopted Hasidic background as well as a genuine love for his fellow Jew, Carlebach traveled North […] Read More

Jewish Music 101

March 27, 2019/By/InFeatured/0 Comment

Music has been a part of Jewish life since biblical times, and remains integral to the Jewish religious and cultural experiences. usic has been a part of Jewish life since biblical times, and remains integral to the Jewish religious and cultural experiences. At the moment of Israel’s birth as a nation — the Exodus from Egypt — the Bible tells us that Moses led […] Read More

The Sound of Sephardic Music

March 27, 2019/By/InRincón Sefaradí/0 Comment

Singer/songwriter Sarah Aroeste made it her life’s work to revive Sephardic culture and teach Ladino to a new generation of Jews through her music. In an essay that singer/songwriter Sarah Aroeste published in Tablet Magazine last year, she wrote: “I was confused by the fact that my grandfather referred to his homeland as Greece, called himself a Turk, […] Read More

“Dayenu” in Yiddish in 4-part harmony, performed by the JPPC

March 22, 2019/By/InArticles, Music, News, Yiddish Vinkl/0 Comment

New on YouTube With Passover but a month away “Dayenu” in Yiddish In four-part harmony: Performed by the Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus / JPPC Binyumen Schaechter, Conductor Seth Weinstein, Pianist For more info (in English) regarding these songs, their creators, the choral arrangements, the videos themselves, and more, click on “Show More” (on your computer) […] Read More