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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From a lowly goat to the rebuilt Holy Temple, the songs in the Haggadah survey all of Jewish life and hope. By any criterion — language, style, structure, or theme — the songs that appear at the end of the Haggadah comprise two distinct types: complex classical piyyutim (liturgical poems) on Passover themes and “jingles” on general Jewish subjects. […]
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The cleric whom I called “My Hazz”, Cantor Sherwood Goffen, has passed away. More than forty years ago, it was my honor to pray at the Lincoln Square Synagogue while I lived in New York, where Hazzan Goffen’s sweet voice inspired a generation. I had first seen the Hazz on an American folk song TV […]
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Music has been a part of Jewish life since biblical times, and remains integral to the Jewish religious and cultural experiences. usic has been a part of Jewish life since biblical times, and remains integral to the Jewish religious and cultural experiences. At the moment of Israel’s birth as a nation — the Exodus from Egypt — the Bible tells us that Moses led […]
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“Brothers, all the people of Israel,” a great production in Mexico. “How beautiful and how nice it is when the brothers are united” (Psalm 133). There are good things, but not pleasant things, but not good things, but when the brothers are united is good and it’s nice. (Rab Suri Cattan) And when the talents […]
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Leopold Kleinman-Kozłowski, a pianist, composer, and actor who was called “the last klezmer of Galicia,” has died. Kleinman-Kozłowski died on Tuesday in Krakow at the age of 100. He was born on Nov. 26, 1918 in Przemyślany, which was Polish at the time and is now in Ukraine. Members of his family – including his […]
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The production, directed by Joel Grey from the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, opens February 21 at Stage 42. After an extended sold-out run at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, the recent production of Fiddler on the Roof from the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene moves to Off-Broadway’s Stage 42. Performances began February 11 prior to its February 21 […]
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Valentine’s Day is coming, the most romantic day of the year, and to celebrate we selected a list of songs that you should listen to during February 14th. Artists of all styles that sing about love. A list for lovers and even for those whom Cupid has not touched with his arrow. Margatitkelakh Shein vi […]
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