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Ros Horin’s new documentary film, Welcome to Yiddishland, provides its audience with a glimpse into an international Yiddishland that comprises singers, actors, directors, writers and other artists.
On the same grounds where Woodstock made music history, Ishay Ribo took the stage for Yamim Ba’im, drawing more than 14,000 ...
TARRYTOWN, NEW YORK (RNS) — The North American Jewish Choral Festival brought together roughly 400 singers in Tarrytown, New York, this week.
Henry Sapoznik culled "The Yiddish Radio Project" from old recordings of news, music, variety shows and dramas.Henry Sapoznik (with colleague David Isay, far left) profiles colorful characters in ...
“They’re a supergroup,” said Aaron Bendich, the founder of Borscht Beat, an independent Jewish cultural project focused on Yiddish music, who was instrumental in booking the reunion show.
The Shvesters don’t just perform in Yiddish — they also cover Hebrew songs — but they aim to help keep the language alive through their music. Yiddish as a spoken language has been on the decline ...
Sheet music, manuscripts and orchestral arrangements for close to 4,000 musical works — including cantorial music, Hasidic melodies, Yiddish theater, klezmer and opera — that were performed ...
The Humboldt Jewish Music and Culture Festival wraps up with a concert, “A Life of Joy, a Life of Peace and Hasidic Songs and Music,” from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Admission for the concert is $25.
Friedland grew up in a musical Jewish family but didn’t learn Yiddish dance or music growing up. When engaging with klezmer, whether dancing or playing, she thinks of her grandparents and the ...
Sheet music, manuscripts and orchestral arrangements for more than 3,000 — including cantorial music, Hasidic melodies, Yiddish theater, klezmer and opera — that were performed live on the ...
A new genre of music originating from Boston’s indie scene and conservatory institutions is taking root throughout nightclubs in the United States and abroad. These sounds are spearheaded by DJ Chaia, ...