Una parte del proyecto audiovisual de 5 piezas “Di arumike velt | די אַרומיקע וועלט – La nueva realidad” escrito por Maria Ka contemporáneamente en yiddish. La cuarta canción del álbum solista audiovisual de cuatro piezas “Di shaykhesn די שײַכותן” que consta de tres canciones originales escritas por Maria Ka con el uso de […]
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Eshet Chayil (pronounced aish-et chai-eel or eishes chayil) is generally translated as “Woman of Valor.” It’s a portion from the Book of Proverbs (chapter 31:10–31) that is traditionally sung before the Friday night Shabbat meal. The origin of the custom to sing Eshet Chayil on Shabbat is unknown, but it has been widely adopted by […]
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Papirosn – a yiddish song – played by the klezmer music band “INEJNEM” (in English “Together”) in front of Restaurant Ester on Szeroka street in the heart of Kazimierz – the old Jewish district of Kraków (Poland). Iryna Stefanyuk is singing – the first part in Yiddish and the second part in Russian – with […]
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Papirosen (“Cigarettes”) — traditional Yiddish song Actually, “Papirosen” was originally not a song, but a dance: a vigorous and joyful dance, not unlike “Mazl Tov”. Then, after World War I, Russian songwriter Herman Yablokoff wrote a poem, and put it to the music of the popular dance, slowing it down considerably. The poem is extremely […]
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Yiddish songs, taken from the album: “from my Heritage” 22 of the best of Yiddish songs. A must for all lovers of Jewish music. Here you can find the famous traditional songs in Yiddish words. An integral part of Jewish culture 9 tracks that should be include in every Yiddish dictionary: 1. Roshinkes Mit Mandlen […]
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Zog nit keynmol az du geyst dem letstn veg (“Nunca digas que esta senda es la final”), también conocida como “La canción de los partisanos”, es quizás la canción idish más conocida que se creó durante el Holocausto. Fue escrita por el joven poeta de Vilna Hirsh Glik y se basaba en una melodía preexistente […]
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When I was growing up, folk music was more than just a kind of quaint exotic pretty music to which people listened. It was also a vehicle through which people could ground themselves in the remnants of traditional cultures that were still able to survive the sensory distortion that was so present in modern technological […]
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In honor of Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel Independence Day, we thought it might be fun to post three Yiddish versions of well-known Israeli songs that became popular among Holocaust survivors and other Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe. All three were translated and sung by the late Israeli singer, David Eshet. Click here to read full article. […]
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Sunrise, sunset, it’s hard to believe it, but this month, the Fiddler on the Roof” (“Fiddler Oifn Daj”)movie turned 50(!) years old. The movie, which was based on the Broadway play that opened on September 22, 1964, at the Imperial Theatre, Fiddler ran for 3242 performances, achieving the longest run for a musical The tale of Tevye, played by […]
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