Sholi Grossman presents: “Fort Mit Mir” a rap-Hasidic song in Yiddish
This song by Grossman has clear roots in the song “: Zol Zayn” by Yoisef Papiernikov, which refers to the custom of building castles in the air.
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4th of July Yiddish Music
The Yiddish Philharmonic Chorus (formerly Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus / JPPC) דער ייִדישער פֿילהאַרמאָנישער כאָר Binyumen Schaechter, Conductor Four Yiddish songs to honor The Fourth of July “Star-Spangled Banner” in Yiddish (with reverse translation back into English) “America the Beautiful” in Yiddish and English “America” (Yiddish Choral Music about Mount Rushmore) “Fourth of July”, a.k.a. […]
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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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Listen and enjoy to “Di Megile” with the Bursteyn family in Itzik Manger’s unique version
Programs on Yiddish literature and culture recorded at Montreal’s Jewish Public Library, 1953-2005. About this program: di megile fun itsik manger Mit: איציק מאַנגער | דב זלצר | שמואל בונים The Megile of Itzik Manger Featuring: Itzik Manger | Dov Seltzer | Shmuel Bunim This recording was digitized and added to the audio library in […]
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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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Daniel Galay’s words on receiving his lifetime achievement award
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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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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