‘I cry for both of us’: For a mixed Jewish-Palestinian Jerusalem choir, a canceled tour and shared grief
The Jerusalem Youth Chorus was founded in the hope of peace — but had to scrap plans for a post-COVID tour because of war
The Jerusalem Youth Chorus was founded in the hope of peace — but had to scrap plans for a post-COVID tour because of war
When the Miami Boys Choir was recorded singing 'Yerushalayim,' no one anticipated that, more than a decade later, it would rack up hundreds of thousands of views
I’ve been a musician since my first recorder lessons 50 years ago. My vision was to be the first woman conducting a major symphony, but Sarah Caldwell snagged that spot at precisely the moment I was graduating from high school. So much of the music I performed had its roots in Christian liturgy. Most of…
Getty Images (JTA) — Moments before they were scheduled to start singing at an impromptu memorial vigil outside the Jewish Museum of Belgium, the 13 members of Yale University’s Jewish a cappella group were still unsure what number to perform. Fresh off the train from Paris, Magevet’s men and women had not initially planned to perform…
Cracow Crescendo from Jewish Daily Forward on Vimeo. “We sing in Yiddish, we sing in Hebrew and sometimes we sing in Polish,” explains Zofia Radzikowska who joined the JCC choir in Cracow when it first opened two years ago. At the beginning it was uncertain whether the choir would be able to attract enough members….
שמעון נויבערג דערקלערט דעם חילוק צווישן אַלט־ייִדיש און מיטל־ייִדיש און די ביכער, שרײַבערס, לייענערס און דרוקערײַען פֿון יענער תּקופֿה