It currently has 96% on Rotten Tomatoes. It’s arguable that no other director uses music quite as well as the legendary Martin Scorsese and for his next documentary feature, the Oscar-winner is re-examining the life of an artist he knows very well. Aside from making documentaries like The Last Waltz and Shine A Light, Scorsese’s […]
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Thank you to all of the artists who submitted their work to the Jewish Music Week in Toronto Student Art Contest. The theme was How Jewish Music Makes Me Feel and the results were spectacular! Below are the winners, finalists and honourable mentions. Come see their artwork up close at the Jewish Music Week Student Art Exhibit May 14 – […]
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Tickets going fast! Sunday, June 16, 2019 3:00 p.m. YIDDISH FLAVORS OF LOVE: A MUSICAL CELEBRATION performed by The Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus / JPPC Binyumen Schaechter, Conductor Seth Weinstein, Pianist ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS PROVIDED Merkin Concert Hall, 129 West 67th Street, New York City $40 $30 for groups of at least 10 $25 for students […]
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In Association with Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage, National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene at the Museum of Jewish Heritage — A Living Memorial to the Holocaust presents. The New York Cantors (as seen on PBS) Yaakov (Yanky) Lemmer, Azi Schwartz, and Netanel Hershtik Conducted by Zalmen Mlotek With Special Guests Shulem and Frank London MC: Rabbi Joseph Potasnik Wednesday, June 12, 7 PM (Doors […]
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Join a fun-packed afternoon for all the family in one of London’s most beautiful parks with special guest presenter BBC Radio 3 DJ Max Reinhardt. On the bandstand: 1pm: JMI Youth Big Band, led by Sam Eastmond with special guest musician 2pm: Shir with Debbie Charles and the London International Gospel Choir 3pm: 3yin with Jon […]
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Israel’s relief at a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas and Islamic Jihad militants days before the start of Eurovision may be badly misplaced The sigh of relief at the Expo Tel Aviv convention center, where the Eurovision Song Contest is due to be held in a week’s time, could have been heard from […]
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Yale Strom’s composition SONG OF SONGS will premiere with San Diego Ballet May 24-26 as part of the San Diego Jewish Arts Festival at the Lyceum Theatre. Featured musicians are: Elizabeth Schwartz – vocals, Alex Greenbaum – cello, Jamie Papish – percussion and Fred Benedetti – guitar. 3 world premieres in one evening! Celebrating a […]
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Composer-pianist Ted Rosenthal retells his own family history in the jazz opera “Dear Erich,” which was presented by the New York City Opera and co-produced with Folksbiene. Set in wartime Germany and Chicago, the plot is inspired by some 200 letters exchanged between Ted’s grandmother, Herta Rosenthal, and her son, Erich, a Jewish scholar who escaped to […]
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Passover songs are essential to enhancing the seder while supporting a structure that leads us from one part of the seder to the next. They reinforce our memories not only of the Exodus story, but also of celebrations throughout the years with relatives and friends, in our own homes or as guests, and at communal […]
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With the inspiration that I received from the “Positive Resistance” of every day and every moment of the Terezin composers along with my experience in the field, I have developed trainings through music for young people, called “Positive Resistance with the Holocaust Reality”. Currently, I am continuing to conduct these trainings in various locations of […]
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