Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell has performed Yiddish music around the world. He is part of a musical duo that creates new interpretations of classic Yiddish songs. In 2017, he even won the Yiddish version of “American Idol.” Still, the singer gets one request consistently that has nothing to do with Yiddish or klezmer music: to perform […]
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Yidstock: The Festival of New Yiddish Music brings the best in klezmer and new Yiddish music to the stage at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts. Don’t miss out on what promises to be a great festival of music and related events. The eighth annual Yidstock takes place—rain or shine—at the Yiddish Book Center from […]
Read Moreנאָך דעם אומגליק האָבן די אָנפֿירער פֿון „1225‟, אַ הילפֿצענטער פֿאַר חסידישע יונגע־לײַט, לאַנצירט אַ קאָמפּאַניע אין זײַן אָנדענק, „פּראָיעקט שמואלי‟, כּדי צו שאַפֿן געלט צו העלפֿן מענטשן אין דער חסידישער וועלט וואָס לײַדן יסורי נפֿש. די וועבזײַט פֿון דער קאָמפּאַניע, דורכגעפֿירט דורך Charidy, אַ חרדישע ווערסיע פֿון GoFundMe, דערקלערט אויף ייִדיש און ענגליש וואָס דאָס הייסט […]
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In collaboration with the Lipinsky Family San Diego Jewish Arts Festival, we welcome Yale Strom and Hot Pstromi. With an all-star band including Fred Benedetti (guitar), Gunnar Biggs (bass), Elizabeth Schwartz (vocals) and special guest Peter Stan (accordion), Strom explores the accordion in the music of Jews and Roma. The concert’s offerings will range from […]
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When the Jewish Folk Chorus of San Francisco started way back in 1926, all of the singers, not to mention most of the audience, understood the Yiddish lyrics they were singing. “It was a Yiddish-speaking group at that point,” explained Renee Enteen, the chorus‘ president. “It was very progressive, with members from various branches of the […]
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As a gay kid in the 1960s, I loved to take my money earned from lawn mowing to J.J. Newberry’s and F. W. Woolworth’s to search the cut-out bins for LPs of Original Broadway Cast albums, soundtracks, and peculiar pop musicians, the more obscure the greater the thrill. For you kids, Newberry’s and Woolworth’s were 20th century variety stores, referred […]
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Produced by: Hillel Kapnick Composed by: Yumi Rosenbaum MUSIC ARRANGED, PRODUCED & MIXED BY Hillel Kapnick MUSIC RECORDED AT Uptop Studios (Monsey, NY) VOCALS RECORDED AT Salt Studios (Melbourne) COVER DESIGN BY Australia Online Printing SOLOISTS Moshe Rosenbaum, Yumi Rosenbaum MEN’S CHOIR Duvid Pollack, Yumi Rosenbaum, Meir Yechiel Erlichster, Laizer Rosenbaum ADDITIONAL VOCALS Yakov & […]
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Date Sunday, June 02, 2019 Time: 2:00pm Location: Central Library Mark Taper Auditorium Audience: Adults Category: LA Made, Performance RSVP: Free tickets available via Eventbrite. Description: Mitzi Manna, an international star of the Yiddish stage, has appeared in basements everywhere from Berlin and Bucharest to the Bronx and back. She is thrilled to at last be […]
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Tickets going fast! Sunday, June 16, 2019 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 least 10 $25 for students […]
Read MoreTickets going fast! Sunday, June 16, 2019 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 least 10 $25 for students […]
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