The idea came to me when the announcer on the radio said that the next item in the music program would be one of Mozart’s ‘Haydn Quartets,’ i.e., quartets composed by Mozart and dedicated to and inspired by Haydn. I had known about the relationship of mutual admiration between the two composers back in the […]
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Ordained Chabad rabbi and cantor Aryeh Leib Hurwitz has traveled the world honing his voice and performing skills, and is now part of an effort to revive the classic tradition of “chazzonus,” the quasi-operatic Jewish music of more than a century ago. Photo: With jazz backup, Cantor Aryeh Leib Hurwitz sings “Sheyibone,” a fundamental Jewish […]
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USC’s Dr. Assal Habibi has been studying the brains of 80 kids for five years in the hopes of answering the question: does studying music enhance brain function? We’ll soon find out. Einstein is famous for his theory of relativity. But, as we saw in the recent series Genius, he was also a gifted violinist. Did that […]
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His newest song, “Tziyon,” originally produced as a closing-credits song for an Israeli movie yet to be released, will be set to a music video of his family’s aliyah, produced in partnership with Nefesh B’Nefesh. Photo: Shim Craimer performing. Credit: Courtesy. Shim Craimer, whose dulcet tones and high energy have secured him a place as […]
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Los judíos de Francia, parte intrínseca de la nación y centro vital de sus fibras más liberales y su resistencia al fascismo acudieron en masa, junto con las autoridades y el pueblo de Francia en general al homenaje, y traslado de sus restos mortales, de Simone y Antoine Veil al panteón de Los Héroes de […]
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Estimados colegas y lectores: Comparto con alegría un trabajo que ocupó más de la mitad de mi vida y que concluí hace algo más de veinte años, mi Tesis Doctoral. Acabada, el 31 de marzo de 1997, defendida y aprobada el 16 de abril de 1998 ante el jurado formado por el Dr. Rodolfo Buzón, […]
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װי אָפֿט װינטשט מען אַ קרובֿ אָדער אַ פֿרײַנד „ביז 120!”, און מע טראַכט נישט קײן סך דערפֿון? דער בונד-קאָמיטעט אין דער װײַטער מעלבורן, אױסטראַליע, האָט לאַנג געטראַכט װעגן דעם װי אַזױ צו פֿײַערן 120 יאָר זינט דרײַצן ייִדישע אַרבעטער און אינטעלעקטן האָבן אין 1897 זיך פֿאַרזאַמלט אינעם בױדעם פֿון אַ װילנער אײַנפֿאָר־הױז צו גרינדן […]
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די וואָך ברענגען מיר אײַך דאָס ליד „אין מײַן שטעטל‟, אויך באַקאַנט ווי „בײַ דעם שטעטל‟, געזונגען פֿון לאָרין סקלאַמבערג אויפֿן קינדער־קאָמפּאַקטל „די גרינע קאַטשקע‟, אַרויסגעגעבן אין 1997 פֿון דער אָרגאַניזאַציע Living Traditions. דאָס ליד האָט אָנגעשריבן דער בעסאַראַבער שרײַבער זלמן ראָזענטאַל (1892 — 1959), וועלכער האָט אָפֿט צוגעגעבן פֿאָלקס־מעלאָדיעס צו זײַנע קינדער־לידער. צווישן אַנדערע […]
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Donald Trump might Make Punk Great Again, but in America, it was traumatized, and defiant, Jews who made it By Steven Lee Beeber It’s 3 a.m. in The Blue Room and the audience is sweaty with joy. The Modern Lovers’ high-strung leader, Jonathan Richman, has just left the stage, his Nice-Jewish-Boy songs about being “in […]
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The street performer ‘El Maestro’ grew up in a small town and is not Jewish, but spends his days entertaining tourists with traditional klezmer songs he learned on the Internet; ‘a small summary of all of life’ By ROBBIE WHELAN On most days, weather permitting, Juan “El Maestro” Pérez packs up his clarinet and his accordion […]
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