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This Monday: Yiddish Song Workshop and Sing-along!

October 30, 2020/ByJPPC/InEvents, Featured/0 Comment

Yiddish Song Workshops and Sing-alongs led by Binyumen Schaechter Via Zoom Mondays at 7 p.m. ET Starting this coming Monday, November 2 With Schaechter at the piano, we’ll sing a few selected Yiddish songs – lyrics provided. We’ll analyze the songs: Musically, we’ll examine musical structure, melodic contour, and motivic development; linguistically, we’ll discuss the […] Read More

Israeli orchestra sends musical love letter to Arab states

October 19, 2020/ByAbigail Klein Leichman/InFeatured, News/0 Comment

Atop a soaring Tel Aviv skyscraper, an orchestra of Jewish, Muslim, Druze and Christian musicians from across Israel performed the Emirati song “Ahebak” (“I Love You”) in tribute to the historic Israel-UAE peace treaty. Posted on Sept. 15 to coincide with the Abraham Accords signing ceremony in Washington, the clip now has a quarter-million YouTube […] Read More

Hob ikh mir a mantl (I had an Overcoat)

October 16, 2020/By/InFeatured, Music, Yiddish Vinkl/0 Comment

A Bisl Borscht: A Tribute to Mickey Katz, starring Ben Liebert

October 9, 2020/ByNational Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene /InEvent Announcements and Recaps, Events, Featured, Music/1 Comment

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; […] Read More

Sukkot and Sukkah Songs

October 2, 2020/By/InFeatured, Music/0 Comment

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 […] Read More

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Ring in the Jewish New Year with a Yiddish song

September 18, 2020/Byדזשאָרדין קוציק/InFeatured, Yiddish Song of the Week, Yiddish Vinkl/0 Comment

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 […] Read More

“God bless America”, written by Irving Berlin

September 3, 2020/By/InFeatured, Music/0 Comment

“Tumbalalaika”, sixteen versions for you to enjoy!

August 28, 2020/ByJewish Website/InFeatured, Music, Yiddish Song of the Week, Yiddish Vinkl/1 Comment

“Arbetsloze Marsh”, written by Mordechai Gebirtig in 1938

August 21, 2020/By/InArticles, Featured, Music, Yiddish Vinkl/1 Comment

Dos kelbl, Dona Dona. Song of the Week in multiple versions for all tastes

August 14, 2020/ByJewish Website/InFeatured, Music, Yiddish Vinkl/1 Comment

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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGz3Zm0IVzw From Italy in Yiddish – Moni Ovadia Einat Betzalel In Yiddish from Germany – Aviva Semadar In Yiddish from France – Nehama […] Read More