Shavout Songs
Enjoy these beautiful songs on themes associated with the holiday of Shavuot—the day we received the Torah.
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CD Compiles Music from Jewish and Other Ghettos
Frank London, jazz trumpeter, band leader, co-founder of the Klezmatics, founder of the Klezmer Brass Allstars and co-founder of the Klezmer Conservatory Band, is one of the most important figures in the Klezmer Renaissance. A graduate of the New England Conservatory, majoring in Afro-American Music, he is also well schooled in World Music. Currently, he […]
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“Der Rebbe Elimelekh” collection, from the world to your home
Der Rebbe Elimelekh 25 versions from all over the world presented by SaveTheMusic. “Der Rebbe Elimelekh” is a Yiddish song written in 1927 by Moyshe Nadir and loosely based on the song Old King Cole. 1. Mongolia: Amalia Rubin – Der Rebbe Elimelech 2. Austria: Theodore Bikel – Der Rebe Elimelech 3. USA: Itzshak Perlman – As […]
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On 78th Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: Virtual Gathering
Each April 19th, we gather at the stone in the Warsaw Ghetto Memorial Plaza in Riverside Park to mark the anniversary of the single greatest instance of Jewish armed resistance to the Holocaust with an academy remembering the victims and fighters of history’s greatest crime. Due to the pandemic, this is our second virtual academy. […]
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Traditional passover songs for listening, singing and enjoying!
Passover, or Pesach in Hebrew, is one of the three major pilgrimage festivals of ancient Israel and commemorates the Exodus from Egypt. Its name comes from the miracle in which God “passed over” the houses of the Israelites during the tenth plague. Centered on the family or communal celebration of the seder (ritual meal), Passover […]
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Traditional Passover songs: Mu Adabru, Dayeynu & Oifn Nil / Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus / JPPC
The Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus (JPPC) is a multigenerational forty-voice ensemble. We’re students, professionals, and robust retirees, all in love with singing and committed to promoting Yiddish language and culture through beautiful four-part harmony. Few of us are fluent, but we all learn together from the Yiddish vocal literature—traditional folk songs, settings of classic and […]
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Millennial Bundism: An Interview with Isabel Frey
INTRODUCTION Isabel Frey is a Vienna-based activist and musician who recently released a debut album, Millennial Bundist. Faith Hillis recently caught up with Frey on Zoom to ask about millennials’ rediscovery of the Bund, the place of Yiddish music in contemporary left-wing politics, and Frey’s creative rewritings of revolutionary anthems. Faith Hillis: Can you tell me about your background and […]
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10 Christmas song you didn’t know were written by Jewish artists
Ever wonder who’s behind some of the most popular Christmas songs in the world? While it only seems natural that Christmas songs would be written by those who actually celebrate the holiday, many popular Christmas songs were actually written by Jewish people. Regardless of whether you celebrate Christmas or not, though, here are 10 Christmas […]
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6 Hannukah hymns from Morocco to Poland
מיט די חנוכּה־ און פּסח־לידער איז שטענדיק אינטערעסאַנט צו פֿאַרגלײַכן ווי אַזוי פֿאַרשידענע ייִדישע עטנישע גרופּעס האָבן אײַנגעגלידערט די אוראַלטע לידער און זיי צוגעפּאַסט צו די מוזיקאַלישע סטילן פֿון זייער אַרום. מיר הייבן אָן מיט אַ פּיוט, וואָס איז מסתּמא דער סאַמע עלטסטער; ווי אַלע באַקאַנטע פּיוטים, האָבן די ייִדן פֿון פֿאַרשידענע לענדער געזונגען „מעוז […]
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WATCH: Six great Yiddish Hanukkah recordings
מע קען הײַיאָר, צום באַדויערן, ניט פֿאָרן אויף קיין חנוכּה־שׂימחות. פֿון דעס וועגן קען מען פֿאָרט פּראַווען דעם יום־טובֿ אויף אַ הנאהדיקן אופֿן בשעת מע צינדט די ליכטעלעך. ווי אַזוי קען מען טאַקע שאַפֿן אַ פֿריילעכע שטימונג? עס העלפֿט, קודם, אײַנצוקויפֿן שיינע ליכטעלעך. הײַיאָר האָב איך געקויפֿט אַ שאַכטל העלע גלאַנציקקאָלירטע ליכטעלעך, געמאַכט דורך דער […]
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