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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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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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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGz3Zm0IVzw From Italy in Yiddish – Moni Ovadia Einat Betzalel In Yiddish from Germany – Aviva Semadar In Yiddish from France – Nehama […]
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Like Maestro Leonard Bernstein guiding young people through the joys and intricacies of classical music two generations ago, Joey Weisenberg is a gentle, but no less passionate, tutor. He’s not teaching about the bravado of a bassoon or the timbre of a tympani, but rather giving would-be High Holiday prayer leaders an intimate tour of […]
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