Tzimmes, the Vancouver-based Jewish band under the direction of Moshe Denburg, has just released a two-disc recording, The Road Never Travelled, celebrating its 35th anniversary. This is the group’s fourth album. Denburg figures prominently in all the selections, as vocalist, guitarist, composer or arranger. The Montreal native, son of Orthodox Rabbi Chayim Denburg and Yiddish singer Miriam […]
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ד״ר שׂרה זיו — פֿאָרזיצערין; פֿרוי יהודית סולל — גענעראַל דירעקטאָרין פֿון דער נאַציאָנאַלער אינסטאַנץ פֿאַר ייִדישער קולטור; חשובֿער עולם: ווען כ’בין געווען פֿינף יאָר אַלט, אין בוענאָס־אײַרעס, האָט מיך מײַן מוטער צום ערשטן מאָל געבראַכט צו דער פּיאַנע־לערערקע צוויי גאַסן פֿון אונדז. זי האָט מיר נישט געפֿרעגט. און איך האָב איר נישט געבעטן. אַזוי […]
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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 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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Shmuel Cohen, or Sam Cohen to us less Yiddish aware, is a relatively common Jewish name. There are 708 Sam Cohens in just California and New York alone. There is only one Shmuel Cohen who should be honored as “The Shmuel Cohen.” Few ever heard of him. Shmuel Cohen died November 1940 in Rishon LeZion. […]
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JFest hosts national stars for a musical celebration that glances back and looks ahead. This year’s Summit celebrates klezmer, Yiddish, jazz, world music and songs of social justice, with a special tribute to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Special guests include six time Emmy and Tony nominee Tovah Feldshuh. Tovah’s stunning portrayal in Golda’s […]
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Atop a soaring Tel Aviv skyscraper, an orchestra of Jewish, Muslim, Druze and Christian musicians from across Israel performed the Emirati song “Ahebak” (“I Love You”) in tribute to the historic Israel-UAE peace treaty. Posted on Sept. 15 to coincide with the Abraham Accords signing ceremony in Washington, the clip now has a quarter-million YouTube […]
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Austrian-born British violinist Erich Gruenberg has passed away – aged 95. A former 1st prize winner at the Carl Flesch International Violin Competition, throughout his career Mr Gruenberg served as Concertmaster of the London Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – and held a long term Professorship on faculty at the Royal Academy of Music. “As well […]
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Vera Lynn, who sang the songs that touched the hearts and lifted the spirits of Britons from the bomb-blitzed streets of London and Coventry to the sands of North Africa and the jungles of Burma during World War II, died on Thursday at her home in Sussex, England. She was 103. Her death was confirmed […]
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די יערלעכע „פּוליצער־פּריזן“, וואָס ווערן אויסגעטיילט פֿון קאָלומביע־אוניווערסיטעט, זענען מסתּמא די חשובֿסטע אַמעריקאַנער פּרעמיעס לכּבֿוד דער אַרבעט פֿון זשורנאַליסטן. קאָלומביע־אוניווערסיטעט טיילט אויך אויס „פּוליצערס“ פֿאַר אויסגעצייכנטע ביכער און מוזיקאַלישע קאָמפּאָזיציעס. להיפּוך צו כּמעט אַלע באַרימטע פּריזן אַזוי ווי די אָסקאַרס און גרעמיס, וואָס לאָזן וויסן פֿון פֿריִער וועלעכע אַקטיאָרן צי מוזיקער מע האָט נאָמינירט, ווייסט […]
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