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Film & TV Why a 100-year-old film about a ‘City Without Jews’ seems disturbingly prescient today
Hans Karl Breslauer's 1924 film resonates in an environment of rising antisemitism and threatened mass deportations
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Yiddish World Violinist Deborah Strauss wins 2024 ‘Dreaming in Yiddish Award’
The award, named after the late singer Adrienne Cooper, supports artists who have contributed to the Yiddish cultural scene.
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Music The accordion is an instrument of sorrow and celebration — does that make it Jewish?
Reportedly invented in 1822, the accordion has been associated with Jewish music throughout its history
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Music How a new quintet is keeping klezmer classy, and classical
Schmaltz and Pepper is bringing classical spice to the Yiddish folk music scene
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Music A dream of a utopian Black-Jewish music collaboration is going forward — even after the war in Gaza complicated it
'Generate Music' was conceived as a way to confront American bigotry
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Culture New York klezmer legend Frank London is gearing up to fight for his life. But first, one more show.
London and his collaborators recorded new Jewish music on the eve of his admission to the hospital for cancer treatment
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Music A Transylvanian-American klezmer blues bash right at home at a Brooklyn fiddle summit
The Neighborhood Fiddle Summit brought together a melting pot of musical influences
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Music Klezmer techno music? This 22 year-old is making it a thing
With Kleztronica, Kaia Berman-Peters blends klezmer elements with electronic dance music
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