A Bisl Borscht: A Tribute to Mickey Katz, starring Ben Liebert
Now playing through Monday, October 12 at 1PM. A Bisl Borscht: A Tribute to Mickey Katz, starring Ben Liebert. A concert featuring songs from the legendary Mickey Katz starring Ben Liebert (Motl Kamzoyl from Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish) with Kathryn Krull (Vocalist and Piano). Musical Arrangements by D. Zisl Slepovitch and Zalmen Mlotek; […]
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Sukkot and Sukkah Songs
The seven days of Sukkot—celebrated by dwelling in the sukkah, taking the Four Kinds, and rejoicing—is the holiday when we expose ourselves to the elements in covered huts, commemorating G‑d’s sheltering our ancestors as they traveled from Egypt to the Promised Land. The Four Kinds express our unity and our belief in G‑d’s omnipresence. Coming […]
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Ring in the Jewish New Year with a Yiddish song
וי אַ קינד אין פֿילאַדעלפֿיע אין דער אָרטיקער ייִדישער פֿאָלקסשול האָב איך זיך אויסגעלערנט אַ ריי לידער אויף ענגליש, ייִדיש, העברעיִש און אַפֿילו אַ פּאָר אויף דזשודעזמע וועגן די ייִדישע יום־טובֿים, (די פֿאָלקסשול האָט צו יענער צײַט, צום באַדויערן, מער ניט געלערנט קיין ייִדיש). אויף וויפֿל איך דערמאָן זיך, האָבן מיר בלויז איין ראָש־השנה ליד […]
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Dos kelbl, Dona Dona. Song of the Week in multiple versions for all tastes
A lullaby, tender, full of message and motivation, by Avrom Reisen and Sholom Secunda in Yiddish, from New York. Klezmer R’s In Yiddish, English, Hebrew from USA – The Marty Eisenstein Ensemble From Italy in Yiddish – Moni Ovadia Einat Betzalel In Yiddish from Germany – Aviva Semadar In Yiddish from France – Nehama Hendel […]
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Lifting voices for the High Holidays, even in COVID times
Like Maestro Leonard Bernstein guiding young people through the joys and intricacies of classical music two generations ago, Joey Weisenberg is a gentle, but no less passionate, tutor. He’s not teaching about the bravado of a bassoon or the timbre of a tympani, but rather giving would-be High Holiday prayer leaders an intimate tour of […]
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The violinist Erich Gruenberg has died
Austrian-born British violinist Erich Gruenberg has passed away – aged 95. A former 1st prize winner at the Carl Flesch International Violin Competition, throughout his career Mr Gruenberg served as Concertmaster of the London Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – and held a long term Professorship on faculty at the Royal Academy of Music. “As well […]
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