Jewish Music

Kol Nidrei is an Aramaic phrase which means far more than its literal translation, “All Vows.” This statement of annulment of vows has become such a dominant part of the Jewish religious psyche that it...

הײַיאָר, בעת די וועלט מערקט אָפּ דעם 20סטן יאָרצײַט פֿון די טעראָריסטישע אַטאַקן אויפֿן וועלטהאַנדל־צענטער אין ניו־יאָרק, האָט דער פֿאָרווערטס פֿאַרבעטן די האָלענדישע ייִדישע זינגערין, לוסעט וואַן דען בערג, צו רעקאָרדירן די רירנדיקע „באַלאַדע...

Relix magazine and the Brooklyn Bowl are well-known to music lovers worldwide. This year, they will become even better known as they host “High Holidays –A Suite of Spiritually Driven Holiday Services,” an innovative musical worship experience...

Shana Tova. A Gut Yor - Duo Gefilte Fish

ifty years ago this spring, a then unknown British rock group called Procol Harum released its very first single, “A Whiter Shade Of Pale.” The distinctive recording went to No. 1 in the United...

Holocaust survivor Esther Bejarano died on July 10 at the Jewish Hospital in Hamburg, Germany, at the age of 96, according to The Associated Press. Born in 1924 in the French-occupied German town of Saarlouis, Bejarano...

The Yiddish Philharmonic Chorus (formerly Jewish People's Philharmonic Chorus / JPPC) ‮דער ייִדישער פֿילהאַרמאָנישער כאָר Binyumen Schaechter, Conductor Four Yiddish songs to honor The Fourth of July "Star-Spangled Banner" in Yiddish (with reverse translation back into English) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkxCkt-HsHw&list=UUbCGJxhJOEDDlHxZqhp4cgQ&index=22 "America the Beautiful"...

Thanks to the Jewish holiday of Shavuot and the Torah, Mount Sinai is the best-known mountain in Jewish history. If the husband-and-wife bluegrass team of Eric Lindberg and Doni Zasloff continue their climb through...

די וואָך איז אָנגעקומען די טרויעריקע ידיעה, אַז די זינגערין זשעניע פֿײַערמאַן איז אַוועק אין דער אייביקייט צו 96 יאָר. צווישן די ווידעאָס פֿון פֿײַערמאַנס אויפֿטריטן, וואָס מע האָט לעצטנס געטיילט אויף פֿייסבוק, איז...