Kirk Douglas Receives Lifetime Achievement Award | Sings Yiddish | 2002
Celebrating the Folksbiene Yiddish Theatre and 100 Years of Yiddish Theatre
Presented by: Governor and Mrs. George E. Pataki, The State of New York
With: Jewish Community Relations Council of New York
Master of Ceremonies: Eli Wallach
Lifetime...
A Bisl Borscht: A Tribute to Mickey Katz, starring Ben Liebert
Now playing through Monday, October 12 at 1PM. A Bisl Borscht: A Tribute to Mickey Katz, starring Ben Liebert.
A concert featuring songs from the legendary Mickey Katz starring Ben Liebert (Motl Kamzoyl from Fiddler...
The Milken Archive of Jewish Music Turns 30 in 2020
2020 marks the 30th anniversary of the Milken Archive’s founding, a milestone we’ll be acknowledging and celebrating throughout the year. We’ll catch up with some of the artists who performed on Milken Archive recordings...
Q&A: A Yiddish-speaking gumshoe with a tapping toe
Gale Kissin, 67, wears several hats. She not only sings and plays guitar and percussion in Mama Loshn, the Yiddish revival band she co-founded, but she’s spent decades working with attorneys as a private investigator. Though...
Four Yiddish songs to honor The Fourth of July
Four Yiddish songs to honor
The Fourth of July
-- English translations provided --
Performed by the
Jewish People's Philharmonic Chorus / JPPC
Binyumen Schaechter, Conductor
"The Star-Spangled Banner" in Yiddish!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkxCkt-HsHw
"America the Beautiful" in Yiddish!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UVVNE9wcg4
"America" (Yiddish song about Mount Rushmore)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p__Ggt3XUc0
"Fourth of July" (a.k.a. Zman...
Hot Pstromi’s first concert as the full band since sequestration due to Covid-19
JFest hosts national stars for a musical celebration that glances back and looks ahead. This year’s Summit celebrates klezmer, Yiddish, jazz, world music and songs of social justice, with a special tribute to the...
WATCH: ‘‘We Shall Overcome’’ sung in Yiddish
אין ליכט פֿון די באַנײַטע פּראָטעסטן לטובֿת די רעכט פֿון אַפֿריקאַנער אַמעריקאַנער, איז כּדאַי ווידער זיך צוצוהערן צום רירנדיקן נוסח פֿונעם הימען פֿון דער אַמעריקאַנער בירגעררעכט־באַוועגונג „מיר וועלן איבערלעבן“, וואָס מיישקע אַלפּערט, פֿראַנק לאָנדאָן...
SaveTheMusic presents: “Mu Asapru, mu adabru”
Here is a classic Passover song which can be a fun challenge in counting backwards in Yiddish after drinking wine.
מה אספּרה, מה אדברה אותך
װער קען זאָגן, װער קען רעדן װאָס די 1 באַטײַט
איינער איז...
California Dreamin’ in Yiddish
California Dreamin’ in Yiddish with beatboxing and a flute
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtilRqkbfQY
מיר איז תּמיד אינטערעסאַנט, ווען מענטשן זעצן איבער פּאָפּולערע אַמעריקאַנער לידער אויף ייִדיש, בפֿרט ווען עס גייט אַ רייד וועגן אַ ליד, וואָס האָט ניט קיין...
On the eve of the elections: “America the Beautiful’’ in Yiddish
מיט די אַלע ערנסטע שפּאַנונגען אין דער אַמעריקאַנער געזעלשאַפֿט, איז גרינג די טעג צו זײַן ציניש. אַז איך גיב אָבער אַ קוק אויף די מיליאָנען מענטשן וואָס וואַרטן שעהען לאַנג כּדי אָנטייל צו נעמען...