Jacob (Yankev) Gorelik was born in Schedrin (Shchadryn, Scadryn) Belarus, and came to the US in the 1920s. This performance was recorded at a concert in New York City on November 10th, 1990, organized by Center for Traditional Music and Dance, then called the Ethnic Folk Arts Center. This event was part of The Yiddish […]
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On Sunday 12 July 2020, the Congress for Jewish Culture together with the California Institute for Yiddish Culture and Language, and Yung Yidish of Tel Aviv honored the Yiddish writer Boris Sandler, celebrating his recent publication of 4 new works entirely in Yiddish with a program entitled. Steps up to a Miracle: a Cause for […]
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Khavele iz fun der arbet gegangen is a folklorized version of the labor/worker‘s song Brider, mir hobn geshlosn by Khaim Alexandrov (1869 – 1909). Molly and Bob Freedman‘s on-line catalogue lists two recorded versions of this song; one can be found on the LP Yiddish Songs of Work and Struggle produced by the Jewish Students Bund (1970s) and […]
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Join Rukhl Schaechter, editor of the Forverts, as she explores the growing interest in Yiddish music, with singers Lorin Sklamberg, Daniel Kahn, Sarah Gordon, Michael Alpert and folksong maven Itzik Gottesman – and hear them sing the songs that audiences love to hear.
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במשך פֿון די לעצטע עטלעכע חדשים האָבן אָנלײַן־קאָנצערטן פֿון ייִדישן געזאַנג צוגעצויגן טויזנטער צוהערער. כּדי בעסער צו פֿאַרשטיין דעם פֿענאָמען וועט שׂרה־רחל שעכטער, די רעדאַקטאָרין פֿונעם פֿאָרווערטס, אָנפֿירן מיט אַ פּאַנעל פֿון באַקאַנטע ייִדישע זינגער וווּ מע וועט אַרומרעדן די פֿראַגע, „פֿאַר וואָס זענען ייִדישע לידער הײַנט אַזוי פּאָפּולער?‟ מע וועט אויך זינגען עטלעכע ייִדישע […]
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די יערלעכע „פּוליצער־פּריזן“, וואָס ווערן אויסגעטיילט פֿון קאָלומביע־אוניווערסיטעט, זענען מסתּמא די חשובֿסטע אַמעריקאַנער פּרעמיעס לכּבֿוד דער אַרבעט פֿון זשורנאַליסטן. קאָלומביע־אוניווערסיטעט טיילט אויך אויס „פּוליצערס“ פֿאַר אויסגעצייכנטע ביכער און מוזיקאַלישע קאָמפּאָזיציעס. להיפּוך צו כּמעט אַלע באַרימטע פּריזן אַזוי ווי די אָסקאַרס און גרעמיס, וואָס לאָזן וויסן פֿון פֿריִער וועלעכע אַקטיאָרן צי מוזיקער מע האָט נאָמינירט, ווייסט […]
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Featuring new and old songs of hope and despair in Yiddish and English. The Detroit-born and Berlin-based Kahn has toured the world as a singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, translator, and teacher. He originated the role of Pertshik in National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene‘s Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish (Fidler afn Dakh), which features his translation of the lost Bock/Harnick song […]
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“Bei Mir bist du shein” performed to the rhythm of various famous composers such as Gershwin, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, etc. And “Bei Mir Bist Du Shein” in multiple versions from all over the world: Budapest Klezmer Band The Hot Sardines Gunhild Carling Isis Big Band Timna Brauer The Airlettes Marline Eve The Andrew Sisters (The Barry […]
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Hello everyone, Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi have been nominated for a SD Music Award in the ” Best World Music” category. Please take a moment and vote for us. You can vote more than once (but only one time per day) for Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi. Read below the text that is underlined which will […]
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