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Duo bring the songs of Calcutta to Jewish Music Week

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Unlike many Jews around the world, the 5,000 or so who lived in Calcutta up until India won its independence from Britain in 1947, were part of a tolerant society. The auspicious situation the Jews...
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IGY, from Israel, and JQY, from NY, win $150,000 from UJA-Federation of New York

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Israel Gay Youth (IGY) from Israel and Jewish Queer Youth (JQY) from New York were named the winners today of the $150,000 "It's All in the Family" campaign by UJA-Federation of New York. More than 10,000...

Yiddish Flavors of Love: A Musical Celebration

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Tickets going fast! Sunday, June 16, 2019 3:00 p.m. YIDDISH FLAVORS OF LOVE: A MUSICAL CELEBRATION performed by The Jewish People's Philharmonic Chorus / JPPC Binyumen Schaechter, Conductor Seth Weinstein, Pianist ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS PROVIDED Merkin Concert Hall, 129 West 67th Street, New York...

An Unexpected Side to Yiddish Theater

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Mitzi Manna, an international star of the Yiddish stage, has appeared in basements everywhere from Berlin and Bucharest to the Bronx and back. She is thrilled to at last be telling her tale for...

The NY Cantors perform live at SummerStage

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In Association with Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage, National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene at the Museum of Jewish Heritage — A Living Memorial to the Holocaust presents. The New York Cantors (as seen on PBS) Yaakov (Yanky) Lemmer, Azi Schwartz, and...
Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein lost his right index finger in the synagogue shooting on April 27, 2018, at Chabad of Poway in Southern California. Credit: Twitter.

San Diego-area school holds ‘Blue and White’ day to raise money for Poway victims

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Once again, it will be “Blue and White” day this coming Friday at the Bellus Academy in San Diego County. Students will dress in blue and white, contribute $2 a piece, and tell customers at...

Yale Strom’s composition SONG OF SONGS will premiere with San Diego Ballet

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Yale Strom's composition SONG OF SONGS will premiere with San Diego Ballet May 24-26 as part of the San Diego Jewish Arts Festival at the Lyceum Theatre. Featured musicians are: Elizabeth Schwartz - vocals, Alex...

“Mirele Efros” is now being presented for the first time anywhere in the world in...

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The Yiddish theater classic, Mirele Efros, which Haaretz calls “unquestionably the representative play of Yiddish Theater” is now being presented for the first time anywhere in the world in English translation, as The Jewish...
Madonna performing during her MDNA Tour 2012 at Key Arena in Seattle. Credit: Ronald Woan/Wikimedia Commons.

Madonna to perform at Eurovision finals in Tel Aviv

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The Michigan-born music icon Madonna will perform two songs, including one from her upcoming album, at the Eurovision Song Contest grand finale in Tel Aviv on May 18, announced Israeli public broadcaster KAN and...
Soldiers of the army of Azerbaijan during the Nagorno-Karabakh War, circa 1992/1993. Credit: Ilgar Jafarov via Wikimedia Commons.

Jews and Muslims remember victims of 1992 Khojaly genocide in Azerbaijan

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The American Sephardi Federation and the Muslim American Leadership Alliance of New York held a special event last week remembering victims of the 1992 Khojaly genocide in Azerbaijan. The ceremony was in memory of the 613...