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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The Peat-Bog Soldiers (Moorsoldaten – song from a German concentration camp) · Paul Robeson · Rudi Goguel · Lawrence Brown · Columbia Concert Orchestra · Emanuel Balaban Songs of Free Men ℗ Originally released 1943 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT Released on: 1997-10-20 Lyricist: Johan Esser Lyricist: Wolfgang Langhoff Arranger: Hanns Eisler Producer: Producer not documented […]
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A song I wrote for all the people who are Shetl neshumes. What’s a shtetl neshume you might ask???? A person who feels nostalgic about the Jewish past, the shtetl life; simple, warm and so tasty. This song will be featured on my new album dropping Wednesday July 13th. Get ready to shake your tukhes!! […]
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The Yiddish Philharmonic Chorus דער ייִדישער פֿילהאַרמאָנישער כאָר Binyumen Schaechter, Conductor Seth Weinstein, Pianist IN HONOR OF International Holocaust Remembrance Day Partizaner-himen פּאַרטיזאַנער־הימען (Partisans’ Hymn) also known as Zog nit keyn mol זאָג ניט קיין מאָל (Never Say) Unter di khurves fun Poyln אונטער די חורבֿות פֿון פּוילן (Under the Ruins of Poland) also known […]
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