Daily Archives: December 18, 2019
Israeli auction house to sell Chagall painting in Israel, a first in more than...
Israel’s largest auction house, the Tiroche Auction House, will put “Jacob’s Ladder”—a painting by the world-renowned Jewish artist Marc Chagall—up for sale on Jan. 25. This will be the first time that a Chagall...
The executive order that defines and combats anti-Semitism without stifling speech
Is it anti-Semitism to support the destruction of the one and only Jewish nation-state—home to approximately half of the Jews in the world today? Is it anti-Semitism to say that Jews do not have...
Jersey City official urged to resign after anti-Semitic rant on social media
Calls for the resignation of a Jersey City, N.J., board of education member are mounting after she seemed to support the attack on a kosher supermarket and blamed Jews for the rise of hate...
More than 40 Israelis detained at Moscow airport, passports confiscated
More than 40 Israelis were detained on Wednesday at Domodedovo Airport in Moscow and their passports confiscated.
The passengers, including children, were brought to a pre-prepared area where Russian security personnel questioned them.
Following two hours...
Two teenagers charged in anti-Semitic attack on rabbi in London
Two teenagers turned themselves into police on Tuesday and were charged allegedly shouted “kill the Jews” before punching a rabbi last month in an anti-Semitic attack in North London.
“Detectives investigating a racially aggravated assault...
Beethoven’s “Ale Brider” oif Yiddish
Yiddish poem: I. L. Peretz (1852-1915)
Original music: Beethoven's 9th Symphony
Choral adaptation: Binyumen Schaechter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF7F1K5m5A4
Filmed live in performance
November 1, 2015 • Merkin Concert Hall, NYC
Jewish People's Philharmonic Chorus
Binyumen Schaechter, conductor
Shinae Kim, pianist
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thejppc
Website: http://www.TheJPPC.org
Contact: information@TheJPPC.org
Beautiful Yiddish Chanukah Song, “Borekh ate”
The *beautiful* Yiddish Chanukah song "Borekh ate" ("Blessed Art Thou")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPyFJb_0FWo
Performed by the
Jewish People's Philharmonic Chorus / JPPC
Binyumen Schaechter, Conductor
And if you haven't yet seen the following here's the JPPC performing the *playful* Yiddish Chanukah...
US interior secretary to help light National Menorah on White House lawn
U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt will help light the National Menorah on the Ellipse near the White House in Washington, D.C., at 4 p.m. on Sunday—the first night of Hanukkah.
The holiday begins on the evening of...
Large PFLP terror network exposed in Judea and Samaria
A months-long joint operation of the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet), the Israel Police and the Israel Defense Forces has exposed an extensive Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terrorist network in...
Report: Erdoğan turns a blind eye as Hamas plots in Turkey to attack Israel
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is turning a blind eye to the fact that senior Hamas officials based in Istanbul are actively plotting terrorist attacks against Israel, The Telegraph reported on Wednesday.
Citing transcripts of...