This Jewish-raised hindu musician sings about islam
The Australian-born singer-songwriter Ben Lee has been on a lifelong spiritual quest. He was raised at a Modern Orthodox Jewish school, studied Taoism, and was married in a Hindu ceremony. Now he’s released an album...
Hava Nagila’s long, strange trip
If there is one Jewish song known by Jews and non-Jews alike, it is undoubtedly Hava Nagila. From its obscure origins in early 20th-century Palestine, the song has gone on to become a perennial...
New album features Asheville’s own Jewish folk music
The Asheville Jewish Folk Music Collection, as the title implies, is a compilation of original and public domain folk songs performed by local Jewish musicians. The first of its kind, this album will be...
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The Duality of Jewish Time
Time plays an enormous role in Judaism. The first thing that God declared holy was a day — Shabbat — at the conclusion of creation. The first mitzvah given to the Jewish people as a...
Living in the present while building for a future
An open road on a beautiful day, with your kids in the back seat, maybe even a picnic lunch; what could be more perfect?
I will always wonder what Tali Hatuel, eight months pregnant, with...
Lag Baomer
Saludes a todos los oyentes de la emisyon Muestra lingua, la emisyon en djudeo-espanyol fundada por el profesor Haïm-Vidal Sephiha i prezentada agora por vuestro servidor Edmond Cohen, kon Philippe en la kabina.
Por empesar,...
NBA Great Ray Allen Is on a Mission to Educate Everybody About the Holocaust
Last December, retired NBA champion Ray Allen was named a member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council by then-President Barack Obama. Allen said he was honored to be named to the organization’s board...
Jewish Traces in Unexpected Places: Jewish Singer Sings “Der Rebbe Elimelech” on Mongolian TV
We thought we'd seen it all when we posted videos of Hava Nagila on a Thailand TV show and Abanibi on a Spanish TV show.
But this week we came across a video of the...
Christianisme Évités En Judéo-Espagnol
En 1981 j’éditais mon article
« Christianismes en judéo-espagnol (calque et vernaculaire) », in The International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 30 (81), pp.73 à 88.
Depuis lors, j’ai poursuivi mes recherches et constate qu’en judéo-espagnol...