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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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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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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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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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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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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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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US singer-songwriter Bob Dylan has sold the rights to his entire back catalogue to Universal Music Group (UMG). The deal is one of the biggest acquisitions in Universal’s history and means the company will collect all future income from the songs. It includes both the income Dylan currently receives as a songwriter and his control […]
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The Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus (JPPC) conducted by Binyumen Schaechter ♫♫ 4 YIDDISH CHANUKAH SONGS ♫♫ IN 4-PART HARMONY! Borekh ate (Blessed Are You) Fayer, fayer (Fire, Fire) Ikh bin a kleyner dreydl (I Am a Little Dreidel) Oy, Khanike, oy, Khanike (O, Chanukah, Oh, Chanukah) To support the JPPC, please write to: Information@TheJPPC.org
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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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