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Four Yiddish songs to honor The Fourth of July

July 4, 2022/ByJewish Website/In/0 Comment

Four Yiddish songs to honor The Fourth of July — English translations provided — Performed by the Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus / JPPC Binyumen Schaechter, Conductor “The Star-Spangled Banner” in Yiddish! “America the Beautiful” in Yiddish! “America” (Yiddish song about Mount Rushmore) “Fourth of July” (a.k.a. Zman matn kheyruseynu) Like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thejppc Subscribe on YouTube http://bit.ly/1qVtVpe TheJPPC.org

This New Beatles Yiddish Cover Is Making Us Feel Fine

June 17, 2020/ByJewish Website/In/0 Comment

The Chicago-based a cappella music group Listen Up! has given us some really great music, from this “Old Town Road” remix using the words of Dror Yikra, to this great a cappella cover of Matishyahu’s “Shine On You!” The band brings delivers beautiful vocals and is one of the only Jewish co-ed a cappella groups in the viral video-making biz. […]

WATCH: ‘‘We Shall Overcome’’ sung in Yiddish

June 11, 2020/ByJewish Website/In/0 Comment

אין ליכט פֿון די באַנײַטע פּראָטעסטן לטובֿת די רעכט פֿון אַפֿריקאַנער אַמעריקאַנער, איז כּדאַי ווידער זיך צוצוהערן צום רירנדיקן נוסח פֿונעם הימען פֿון דער אַמעריקאַנער בירגעררעכט־באַוועגונג „מיר וועלן איבערלעבן“, וואָס מיישקע אַלפּערט, פֿראַנק לאָנדאָן און דוד קראַקאַוער האָבן אויספֿגעפֿירט אויפֿן קראָקאָווער ייִדישן קולטור־פֿעסטיוואַל מיט צוויי יאָר צוריק. Fantastic rendition of 'We Shall Overcome' by Michael […]

A muzikalisher ovnt of Yiddish mit internatzionale zinguers

May 8, 2020/ByJewish Website/In/0 Comment

Listen and enjoy the quality and content of the world Yiddish music concert organized by Chivis Bialik with Bet-el México for everyone! A muzikalisher ovnt of Yiddish mit internatzionale zinguers. A musical night in Yiddish with singers from all over the world ” “A muzikalisher ovnt oif idish mit internatzionale zinguers. Una noche musical […]

Bob Dylan’s “I Shall Be Released” in Yiddish

May 6, 2020/ByJewish Website/In/0 Comment

In a new video produced by the Forverts, Berlin-based Yiddish singer and songwriter Daniel Kahn performs his own recent Yiddish translation of Bob Dylan’s 1967 song, “I Shall Be Released”. Kahn, lead singer of the band Daniel Kahn and the Painted Bird, previously translated and performed the late Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” in Yiddish, which appeared […]

“Papirosn” (Cigarettes), lyrics by Herman Yablokoff

April 29, 2020/ByJewish Website/In/0 Comment

This song by Herman Yablokoff tells the story of an orphan cigarette vendor who stands in a corner selling “Papirosn” on a cold afternoon in the rain. PAPIROSN פאפיעראסן A kalte nakht, a nebldike finster umetum sheyt a yingele fartroiert un kukt zikh arum Fun regn shtist im hor a vant, A koshikl trogt er […]

Zog Nit Keynmol. Never say that you are walking on your last road…

April 24, 2020/ByJewish Website/In/0 Comment

Zog Nit Keynmol Az du Gueist Dem Letztn Veg… Never say that you are walking on your last road… With these words starts the song written by Hirsh Glick in the Vilna Forest for the Partisans. With time, the song spread through all the forests, not just of Eastern Europe but actually from all over the world […]

“Zog Nit Keynmol,” performed by The Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus

April 17, 2020/ByJewish Website/In/0 Comment

Zog Nit Keynmol Az du Gueist Dem Letztn Veg… Never say that you are walking on your last road… With these words starts the song written by Hirsh Glick in the Vilna Forest for the Partisans. With time, the song spread through all the forests, not just of Eastern Europe but actually from all over the world […]

Jewish Passover music from Tijuana, Mexico

April 14, 2020/ByJewish Website/In/0 Comment

Hoping that everyone has had happy holidays we leave you a piece with the great Alexandre “Sasha” Gourevitch refers precisely to the holidays, enjoy it. Mtro. Sasha Esperando que todos hayan tenido felices Pascuas les dejamos una pieza con el gran Mtro. Alexandre "Sasha" Gourevitch alusiva precisamente a las festividades, que la disfruten. #OBCenCASA #QuédateEnCasa […]

A Yiddish song of hope during the coronavirus

March 19, 2020/By/In/0 Comment

הרבֿ יואל ראָטה איז באַקאַנט דעם חסידישן עולם קודם ווי אַ בראַצלאַווער רבֿ, וואָס פֿירט אָן מיט דער וויליאַמסבורגער ישיבֿה „תּפֿארת התּורה‟. ראָטהס ישיבֿה איז באַרימט ווי אַן אָרט, וווּ בחורים וואָס פּאַסן זיך ניט גוט אַרײַן אין אַנדערע סבֿיבֿות קענען געפֿינען אַ מקום־מיקלט. אַחוץ זײַנע דרשות, איז הרבֿ ראָטה אויך באַקאַנט פֿאַרן קאָמפּאָנירן […]