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The Global Partisans’ Song Project on South African National TV

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This impressive 12 minute segment on the Global Partisans’ Song Project featured on SABC TV, South Africa’s national television network, last Sunday:   https://youtu.be/tnaCtuqVBgg Click here to visit The Zog Nit Keynmol Collection at SaveTheMusic.com There are many...

Megillah Cycle, by Itzik Manger (Megile-lider)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOOaYp996lg A new dramatization of Itzik Manger's famous Megillah Cycle, directed by and featuring Mike Burstyn with Shane Baker; Eli Batalion and Jamie Elman of YidLife Crisis; Avi Hoffman; Daniel Kahn; Lia Koenig; Noah Mitchel;...
The Jewish a cappella group Six13 created a mash-up of classic tunes from Jewish musician Billy Joel. Source: Screenshot.

Jewish a cappella group Six13 releases Billy Joel-inspired Passover parody

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The Jewish a cappella group Six13 created a mash-up of classic tunes from Jewish musician Billy Joel for their new Passover song, aptly titled “A Billy Joel Passover.” The music video for the track begins...
Israeli singer Ishay Ribo performs live at Sultan's Pool in Jerusalem, on Sept. 21, 2022. Photo by Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90.

Ishay Ribo draws some 15,000 to Madison Square Garden

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Some of recent history’s biggest musical acts have headlined concerts at Madison Square Garden. On Sunday, Orthodox Jewish crossover singer Ishay Ribo became the first Israeli musician to do so, joining the company of...

Holocaust survivors and their descendants sing to celebrate life

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600 Holocaust survivors, their children and grandchildren sing in a moving tribute to the power of life and good over evil. Project organized by Koolulam, and filmed at Jerusalem's Beit Avi Chai center. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=15&v=Vuh1-jDi7Qw
Slim Gaillard plays in Edinburgh in 1982. (Phil Wight/CC BY 2.0)

The forgotten Jewish-themed jazz tunes

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Jews have been involved in the growth and development of almost every mainstream musical genre. Direct references to Jewish themes and culture, however, have mostly been reserved for Jewish and Israeli music. Then again,...

Ada & Allison “In Droyzn is Finster” (It’s dark outside)

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בלומינגטאָנער טאַלאַנטן אַדה־רבקה העטקאָ און אַליסאָן פּאָזנער זינגען דאָס פאָלקסליד “אין דרויסן איז פינצטער” בלומינגטאָן, אינדיאַנאַ⁠דעם 14טן אַפּריל 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=96&v=1S0VtsoknEA
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Israel Philharmonic to host virtual pre-Hanukkah global music celebration

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American Friends of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and the Israel Philharmonic Foundation will premiere the “Israel Philharmonic Pre-Hanukkah Global Celebration,” a multidisciplinary program of instrumental performances and behind-the-scenes interviews, coupled with powerful messages of...
Netta Barzilai performs at the 70th anniversary Independence Day ceremony at Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, on April 18, 2018. Credit: Hadas Parush/Flash90

Israel’s Netta Barzilai wins Eurovision 2018

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Israel’s Netta Barzilai won the Eurovision song competition on Saturday night, bringing the first place victory to the Jewish state for the first time in 20 years. Barzilai’s performance of her song “Toy” in Lisbon,...

Nathan is top-Gunn in his one-man show

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Nathan Gunn is one of America’s greatest and most versatile baritones, as he amply proves in the HersheyFelder produced and directed one-man show, Nathan Gunn, Flying Solo, A Musical Story about Family, Love, and the...