Save The Music Presents: “Chad Gadya (with singalong translated lyrics)” by Shaboom!
https://youtu.be/iaZuI-WZTe8?si=8MUtT_MmadIZXFKn
Rediscovering the ‘Dybbuk’ composer Henokh Kon
When the 1936 Polish Yiddish feature Al Khet (I Have Sinned) screened at the New York Jewish Film Festival last month after a decades-long restoration process, seeing the film was cause for celebration.
Hearing the...
Pearls Of Yiddish Song with Zalmen Mlotek – Episode 12: “Nokhemke Mayn Zun”
Pearls of Yiddish Song with Zalmen Mlotek Episode 12: Nokhemke Mayn Zun (Nokhem My Son) From the repertoire of Emil Gorovets Sung by Cantor Daniel Singer Featuring original illustrations by Annabel Parker This parody...
Listen to Sutzkever reading his own poems
00. Introduction
01. די לערערין מירע (Di lererin mire)
02. אַ װאָגן שיך (A vogn shikh)
03. די בלײַענע פּלאַטן פֿון ראָמס דרוקערײַ (di blayene platn fun roms drukeray)
04. און אַזױ זאָלסטו רעדן צום יוסם (un azoy...
Matti Caspi, singer and composer who helped mold Israeli culture, dead at 76
Matti Caspi, a composer, singer, and lyricist who produced some 1,000 songs, including many of Israel’s most beloved tunes, died overnight between Saturday and Sunday. He was 76 and had suffered from cancer in...
Teens, seniors explore Ashkenazi traditions at Yiddish New York festival
A group of klezmer musicians was jamming in Lower Manhattan, when its fiddler suddenly stopped and encouraged a preteen clarinetist to lead a tune. After a moment, the young musician began playing a traditional...
Virginia-based Yiddishists lead first Yiddish festival in Richmond
Virginia’s capital city is having a few big inaugurals this January. Not only will Richmond see the state’s first female governor installed; it will also be seeing the state’s first-ever Yiddish cultural festival.
Richmond Yiddish...
Zamir Choral Foundation to present ‘Celebrating Hanukkah: Jewish Independence, Resilience and Hope’
Zamir Choral Foundation to present ‘Celebrating Hanukkah: Jewish Independence, Resilience and Hope’
The program includes traditional and contemporary repertoire by Israeli and American composers that uplifts, consoles and inspires.
Zamir Chorale and Zamir Noded in concert....