Music and original English lyrics: Frank Loesser (1910-1969) Yiddish lyrics: Binyumen Schaechter (2015) Performed by Cantor Joshua Breitzer and Donna Breitzer Piano accompaniment by Seth Weinstein Filmed live in performance June 5, 2016 • Symphony Space, NYC as part of the choral concert “To Life, To Laugh, L’Chaim!” Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus / JPPC דער […]
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פֿײַער איז אַן אָפֿטער מאָטיוו אין דער וועלט־ליטעראַטור בכלל און אין דער ייִדישער פֿאָלקלאָר בפֿרט. גאָר אַ שיין ייִדיש ליד וועגן פֿײַער איז „אַרום דעם פֿײַער‟, וואָס מע פֿלעג זינגען בײַ די לאַגער־פֿײַערן אין די בונדיסטישע זומער־קאָלאָניעס אין פּוילן און ליטע, ווי אויך בײַ געוויסע אַמעריקאַנער זומער־קאָלאָניעס אַזוי ווי „קעמפּ־המשך‟, „קעמפּ קינדער־רינג‟ און „קעמפּ־בויבעריק‟. דאָס […]
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Nostalgia, as the worldy-wise might observe, ain’t what it used to be. Noam Zylberberg takes that line, too, even though his principal form of artistic expression delves into the past, the Polish past to be exact. Zylberberg, whose grandparents hail from Poland, reverted to his roots and has been a resident of Warsaw for the […]
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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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Presenting a beautiful new single by a new singer on the scene! His name is Baruch Cohen, from London, England, and you are going to want to remember his name! This is his first single, titled “Adir” available as a free download. With music and arrangements by Tuli Zinger and mixed by Yanky Braun. Enjoy […]
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The Holy Hunchback Performed and Composed by: Aaron Razel Based on a true story as told by Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach Some years ago I was walking down a street in Tel Aviv. I saw an old man, he was sweeping the streets. His eyes were filled with grace, his body was all broken, […]
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Kruvim Elyonim is about connecting to the timeless messages of yesterday, from many of our Chasidic leaders including (in no particular order): Reb Nachman of Breslov, The Szanzer Ruv, The Chasam Sofer and R’ Meir Premislan, Ahavas Yisroel of Viznitz, The Kaliver Rebbe, and the Shpoler Zaida. These seven niggunim were put to the […]
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The video for new Leonard Cohen song ‘Happens to the Heart’ has been unveiled ahead of the legendary crooner’s final posthumous LP – watch it below. Set to land on Cohen’s forthcoming album ‘Thanks For the Dance’, the new single follows the release of ‘The Goal’, which arrived last month. Directed by by Sia collaborator Daniel Askill, the video for […]
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אין פֿאַרגלײַך מיט דער קנאַפּער צאָל סוכּות־לידער אויף ייִדיש, זענען פֿאַראַן אַ סך לידער און אַלטע ייִדישע ניגונים לכּבֿוד שׂמחת־תּורה. דער יום־טובֿ, דער פֿריילעכסטער פֿונעם ייִדישן לוח, איז באַקאַנט פֿאַר זײַנע פּאַראַדן און מאַרשן מיט די ספֿרי־תּורה, ווי אויך פֿאַרן משׂמח זײַן זיך אויף די גאַסן. ניט קיין חידוש וואָס די מוזיק פֿאַרבונדן מיטן יום־טובֿ […]
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Sukkot is a weeklong Jewish holiday that comes five days after Yom Kippur. Sukkot celebrates the gathering of the harvest and commemorates the miraculous protection G‑d provided for the children of Israel when they left Egypt. We celebrate Sukkot by dwelling in a foliage-covered booth (known as a sukkah) and by taking the “Four Kinds” […]
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