German Jewish swing star, camp survivor dies at 93
German Jewish guitarist Coco Schumann, who had a more than seven-decade-long career in swing and jazz music and survived several Nazi concentration camps, has died aged 93, his music label said Monday.
“Not only his...
The Jews go to the Grammys, 2018 edition
he 60th Grammy Awards ceremony will be held on Sunday, Jan. 28 with late-night talk show host James Corden hosting and CBS broadcasting.
With this year marking the 100th anniversary of Leonard Bernstein‘s birth, 2017 Tony winner Ben...
‘Holocaust survivor anthem’ to be performed at UN by 3 Israelis
“I stand, the last one of them all, but all of them are still living in my soul.” These stirring words will be sung on International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27 by three...
SaveTheMusic Presents: Rivkele, a Yiddish Tango
Rivkele, Rebeka
Music: Z.Białostocki, Yiddish text: unknown
vocal: Olga Avigail, piano: Hadrian Tabęcki, bandoneon: Grzegorz Bożewicz, guitar: Piotr Malicki
Performed in Cultural Center Wilanów Warsaw
…(from Polish Jewish Cabaret):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENSFSYqqfOk
The tango Rebeka was perhaps Polish Jewish composer Zygmunt Białostocki’s...
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...