Sometimes, even the most adult person just wishes their mom could make it stop hurting. Desire to honor his late mother has prompted one New York City man to organize a concert in her memory at a time when much of the world needs comfort. Journalist Alan Zeitlin, who suffers from Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, […]
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Opera star Beverly Sills (Belle Miriam Silverman, nicknamed “Bubbles” at birth) was born in Brooklyn to immigrant parents on this date in 1929. She was singing professionally on the radio from the age of 4, and she appeared for the first time with the New York City Opera in 1955. She would not appear on […]
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“Novelty” musician Mickey Katz, who specialized in Jewish parodies of American classics (such as “Haym afn Range” and “She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Katzkills”), died at 75 in Los Angeles on this date in 1985. Katz played clarinet and sax from childhood (in Cleveland) and was earning money as a musician even before his graduation from high […]
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A study of his oral sources in Buenos Aires, Argentina – Santiago de Chile and Asunción del Paraguay. It includes texts and melodies compiled, transcribed and adapted by the author. Volume: I Year of publication: 1997 Publication name: Doctoral thesis – Part I Click here to download.
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The Passover seder is an activist’s dream of cultural ritual—a debate with dinner and drinking: an evening for celebrating liberation through cross-generational questioning, story-telling, challenging, and eating— bitter, sweet, salty—accompanied by music and wine. Why is this night different? Because it has it all going on—cognitive thrills, historical chills, taste temptations, libations—and all with high […]
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Record producer Syd Nathan, a high school drop-out who founded King Records in Cincinnati, died at 63 on this date in 1968. King Records released James Brown’s first single, “Please, Please”, as well as Brown’s 1963 hit album, Live at the Apollo, Vol. I, and created mainstream audiences for rhythm and blues artists as well […]
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Music is an integral part of our life. It is always there, giving us what we need, when we need it. A lot of times when you connect to a song, it seems like someone has written that song just for you. Although Jewish music has been with us since biblical times, there are new […]
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A title uniting topics and fields that are often dealt with separately may seem paradoxical. When associated, these topics are generally treated as legitimate but distinct chapters in a history of Judaism or a presentation of communities. The purpose of this paper is to present an overview of twenty years of research, which drawing on […]
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2020 marks the 30th anniversary of the Milken Archive’s founding, a milestone we’ll be acknowledging and celebrating throughout the year. We’ll catch up with some of the artists who performed on Milken Archive recordings to see how the experience influenced their careers and reflect on how music—and Jewish music—has changed since that time. Founder Lowell […]
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“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 […]
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