Will US-born Hassidic rapper represent Israel at Eurovision?
Will an American-born, Hassidic rapper and convert to Judaism represent Israel at the 2018 Eurovision song contest?
Nissim Baruch Black, the 30-year-old Hassidic recording artist behind the albums Nissim and Lemala, competed Sunday night for the chance to...
“DI NATURE” by Yoeli Falkowitz and Avraham Fried
https://www.youtube.com/embed/qyAirGILyxc
רע, וואָס עס איז זיי שווער צו פֿאַרשטיין זײַן ליטווישן ייִדיש. דערצו איז זײַן מוזיקאַלישער סטיל פֿון נעמען די מעלאָדיעס פֿון רוסישע פֿאָלקסלידער און זיי שפּילן אויף אַן אַקאָרדעאָן הײַנט זייער אַלטמאָדיש. פֿון דעסט...
Why many classic Christmas songs were written by Jewish composers
Immigrant artists — from Irving Berlin to Mel Tormé — penned odes to the mythic fantasies of the American middle class they desperately wanted to join.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3G5gwZ-fsw
An outtake from "Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas" with...
Sephardi music “Ki eshmera Shabbat”
Abraham ibn Ezra
(Rabbi Abraham ben Meir ibn Ezra/Abenezra)
(Tudela, 1092 / Calahorra, 1167)
http://www.youtube.com/embed/0xd3N1zdaNU
If I observe the Shabat, God will protect me
It is an eternal sign between Him and me.
It is forbidden to carry objects
undertake journeys...
Blind Israeli teen stuns The X Factor Israel
https://www.facebook.com/MilsteinFoundation/videos/1655355221153757/
Wow!
The X Factor Israel אקס פקטור ישראל has no shortage of talent, but 17 year-old Eden is truly remarkable.
Eden, who is blind, may not have been able to see the crowd, but no doubt she...
A capella group details history of Jewish music in 5 minutes
If you've ever listened to Yiddish rap, you know that Jewish music has come a long way over the past few hundred years.
Just how far?
The Y-Studs A Capella group, based at Yeshiva University, has...
120 years later: 3 days in Basel that changed the course of the Jewish...
In late August 1897, some 200 Jews from 17 countries arrived in Basel, Switzerland.
Dressed in festive formal attire, the delegates entered the municipal casino concert hall, which was decorated with blue and white flags...
Three Jewish sisters, pop’s newest music sensation
Think Fleetwood Mac, but Jewish.
HAIM (rhymes with time), a band made up of three Jewish sisters, released their second album, “Something to Tell You,” this month. Following up on their 2013 debut album “Days...
Must-see: 150 people sing ‘O Canada’ in Yiddish
Last week a group of 150 people from all walks of life gathered in Toronto to perform a version of the Canadian national anthem … in Yiddish. It’s really something.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CarKYJ71lII
Apparently, the June 6 performance, perhaps...
Bridging denominations, this Jewish musician puts the ‘soul’ in music
In a garage-turned-recording studio, Sam Glaser spends his days — and many nights — producing albums for himself and others. On the road, however, this married father of three has an alter-ego, performing upwards...