New song by Yiddish singing sensation Riki Rose — “What do you want, Mama?” די פּאָפּולערע ייִדישע קאָמפּאָזיטאָרין און זינגערין ריקי רויז האָט די פֿאַרגאַנגענע וואָך אַרויסגעלאָזט אַ נײַ ליד אויף יוטוב, וואָס דריקט אויס איר צער ווי איינע וואָס האָט פֿאַרלאָזט די חסידישע קרײַזן און קען זיך נישט געפֿינען קיין אָרט. דאָס ליד, „וואָס […]
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I love you much too much. Ich Hob Zifeel Leib. Efim Alexandrov. Их хоб дих цу фил либ. Jewish music & Jewish song I love you much too much. Ich Hob Zifeel Leib. Songs of the Jewish Shtetle. Yiddish Songs & Jewish Folk Songs.Ефим Александров, Ef… SOPRANO Турецкого и Юрий Башмет – Ich […]
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The Chassidic drinking song Yoshke, performed at Maxwell Street Klezmer Band’s 30th Anniversary Concert on November 3, 2013 at the Old Town School of Folk Music, with all 28 past and present members of Maxwell Street Klezmer Band as well a representatives of the Junior Klezmer Orchestra. This track is featured on the band’s 2002 […]
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The translator of the Tanakh into modern Yiddish, the poet Yehoash (Shlomo Blumgarten), came to the land of Israel from New York in 1914 and settled in Rehovoth. He wanted to live in the ancestral land, and being ill with tuberculosis, he wanted to get away from the big city and live in a healthier […]
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Did you know that Dolly Parton’s song 9 to 5 was inspired by 9 to 5, a workplace feminist movement? In 1973 Ellen Cassedy founded the organization with the aim of bringing about fair pay and equal treatment for women in the workplace. 9 to 5 is so much more than a toe-tapping song! So, […]
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“La Vie En Rose” written by Édith Piaf, composed by Louiguy in 1945. This song, this woman – There’s no words that describe the FORCE that Édith Piaf was- you have to hear her roar and tremble. I LOVE singing in French, it’s as if a different part of myself wakes up- stronger, determined and […]
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Also transcribed as A git yuhr zu alle leite, A gut masoldig yohr, A gut maseldig yohr, this song by David Meyerowitz is suitable for Rosh Hashanah and the High Holidays. The chorus repeats four times and anybody can sing it! There’s another verse, you can find it at my blog http://yiddishpennysongs.com
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Pregúntele a cualquier veterano amante del Yiddish, cuál es la canción Yiddish más popular y conocida y la respuesta será invariablemente la misma : “Oifn pripetchik” , o sea “en el hornillo” una referencia a un sistema muy elemental de calefacción en los hogares de los judíos en Europa Oriental en el siglo XIX. Si […]
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