Audiences across North America are toasting a new production of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF! Rich with musical hits you know and love, including “Tradition,” “Sunrise, Sunset,” “If I Were A Rich Man,” “Matchmaker, Matchmaker” and “To Life (L’Chaim!),” FIDDLER ON THE ROOF is the heartwarming story of fathers and daughters, husbands and wives, and life, love and […]
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All that survives from the “golden age” of Yiddish radio in the 1930s to ’50s are a thousand fragile discs, rescued from storerooms, attics, and even dumpsters. But what a story they tell! The Yiddish Radio Project is a celebration of these recordings and of the forgotten geniuses and dreamers who created them. The exhibits […]
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די זינגערין און מוזיקאָלאָגין דזשיין פּעפּלער, וואָס איז שטענדיק אַ פֿאַרלאָזלעכער קוואַל פֿון טשיקאַווע ווידעאָס פֿון אַלטע לידער, האָט לעצטנס אַרויסגעלאָזט אַ רעקאָרדירונג פֿון ד׳׳ר הענעך סאַפּאָזשניקס זאַמלונגען, אין וועלכער שלמה שמולעוויטש זינגט זײַן בדחנות־ליד „אַ ביסל משקה‟. אין דער רעקאָרדירונג, פֿון 1903, קען מען הערן די שטאַרקע השפּעה וואָס דער אָפּערעטע־סטיל האָט געהאַט אויף […]
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Dimanches de 11h à 13h (sauf exceptions) Ouvert aux instrumentistes à partir de 10 ans et ayant trois ans de pratique de leur instrument, cet atelier propose d’étudier les grands standards de la musique klezmer et de constituer un répertoire en vue de représentations publiques. La musique klezmer est présente lors des festivités et mariages juifs d’Europe de […]
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YOU ARE INVITED TO AUDITION for the acclaimed Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus conducted by Binyumen Schaechter The JPPC rehearses on Monday evenings near midtown Manhattan. Our first rehearsal for the 2019-20 season is on September 16. Auditions by appointment only. Click here for more information and to schedule an audition. Click here to read more […]
Read MoreSpecial concert next week! Sunday, September 15, 2019 The “Ides” of September 3:00 p.m. YIDDISH FLAVORS OF LOVE: A MUSICAL CELEBRATION performed by The Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus / JPPC Binyumen Schaechter, Conductor Seth Weinstein, Pianist ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS PROVIDED Merkin Concert Hall, 129 West 67th Street, New York City $40 $30 for groups of at […]
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Summer Stock—In Yiddish For many in the theater business, summer means work. From Shakespeare in the Park to opera under the stars, summer stock theater companies lure committed patrons and newbies alike through the enticement of fresh air, picnic dinners, and the possibility of getting caught in the rain. In recognition of the summer theater […]
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My Yiddisha Mame Lyrics Jack Yellen (1892 – 1991), Music Lew Pollack (1895 – 1946) Jack Yellen was born in Poland on July 6, 1892. When he was five years old, his family immigrated to America and settled in Buffalo, New York. He started to write lyrics when he was a teenager. The lyrics of […]
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Safed (also known as Tzfat, Zfat or Safed etc.) is a rather small city located in northern Israel, 900 meters (3200 feet) above sea level in the High Galilee mountains, which offers magnificent views. Its past is very rich and the city was founded in 70 AD, it flourished in the 16th century, when many […]
Read More“Bei Mir Bist Du Sheyn”, played by Isaac (11) and Nora (8), music fans thanks to his father Nicholas, originally from Seoul, South Korea, according to the biography of his YouTube channel, Isaac et Nora.
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