The Shalva Band Performs at the Closing Plenary The Shalva Band performed 5 songs including the 3 national anthems of the USA, Canada and Israel. Shalva Band to be honored with top media award The Shalva Band will be granted a special citation for fostering Israel-Diaspora relations through the arts, as part of the B’nai […]
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The impact of the destruction of European Yiddish culture in the Holocaust upon Yiddish song is clear: the cultural roots of this diverse repertory were razed and collections of songs destroyed alongside their singers. Nevertheless, today Yiddish song continues to thrive and develop in contexts ranging from small cultural clubs to major concert stages, and […]
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California Dreamin’ in Yiddish with beatboxing and a flute מיר איז תּמיד אינטערעסאַנט, ווען מענטשן זעצן איבער פּאָפּולערע אַמעריקאַנער לידער אויף ייִדיש, בפֿרט ווען עס גייט אַ רייד וועגן אַ ליד, וואָס האָט ניט קיין שום שײַכות צו ייִדן אָדער ייִדישקייט. לעצטנס האָט דער ניו־דזשערזיער ייִדישער כאָר „שרים ושרות“ אַרויסגעלאָזט אַ ייִדישן נוסח פֿונעם ליד […]
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To listen to the 11 versions of "Hob ikh mir a mantl", click here. Hob ikh mir a mantl Hob ikh mir a mantl fun fartzaytikn shtof trala la.. Hot es nit in zikh kayn gantzene shtof tralala -- Da'rum, hob ikh mir batrakht fun dem mantl a rekl gemakht tralala fun dem mantl a [...]
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Now playing through Monday, October 12 at 1PM. A Bisl Borscht: A Tribute to Mickey Katz, starring Ben Liebert. A concert featuring songs from the legendary Mickey Katz starring Ben Liebert (Motl Kamzoyl from Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish) with Kathryn Krull (Vocalist and Piano). Musical Arrangements by D. Zisl Slepovitch and Zalmen Mlotek; […]
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The seven days of Sukkot—celebrated by dwelling in the sukkah, taking the Four Kinds, and rejoicing—is the holiday when we expose ourselves to the elements in covered huts, commemorating G‑d’s sheltering our ancestors as they traveled from Egypt to the Promised Land. The Four Kinds express our unity and our belief in G‑d’s omnipresence. Coming […]
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"God Bless America" is an American patriotic song written by Irving Berlin during World War I in 1918 and revised by him in the run up to World War II in 1938. The later version was notably recorded by Kate Smith, becoming her signature song. "God Bless America" takes the form of a prayer (with [...]
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Tumbalalaika is a Russian Jewish folk and love song in the Yiddish language. Tum (טום) is the Yiddish word for noise and a balalaika (באַלאַלײַקע) is a stringed musical instrument of Russian origin. Shteyt a bokher, un er trakht (also shteyt un trakht) Trakht un trakht a gantse nakht Vemen tzu nemen un nisht farshemen [...]
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Lyrics Eyns, tzvey, dray, fir,arbetlose zenen mir, nisht gehert khadoshim lang, in fabrik der hamer-klang, s'lign keylium lang farguezn, 'snemt der shavert sey shoyn fresn, geyen mir arum in gas, vi di guevirim pust-un-pas. Eyns, tzvey, dray, fir,arbetlose zenen mir, on a begued on a heym, undzer bet iz erd un leym, hot nor ver [...]
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A lullaby, tender, full of message and motivation, by Avrom Reisen and Sholom Secunda in Yiddish, from New York. Klezmer R’s In Yiddish, English, Hebrew from USA – The Marty Eisenstein Ensemble From Italy in Yiddish – Moni Ovadia Einat Betzalel In Yiddish from Germany – Aviva Semadar In Yiddish from France – Nehama Hendel […]
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