A moving but problematic concert for Holocaust Remembrance Day
An Italian Jewish maestro breathes new life into Yiddish music from the Holocaust, but the composers’ messages got lost in the mix
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Yiddish World Strong start for Virginia’s first Yiddish culture festival
Richmond Yiddish Week kicks off with a standing-room-only concert and a well-attended children’s program
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Yiddish World A hypnotic new album inspired by a unique Yiddish recording
The ‘Rose Cohen Experience’ makes use of ambient recordings, an old sewing machine and a women’s prayer
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Yiddish World Virginia-based Yiddishists lead first Yiddish culture festival in Richmond
This is one of many Yiddish festivals that took place this year around the U.S., including Seattle and Albuquerque
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Yiddish World Praise for soccer star Leo Messi in new album of Yiddish songs for kids
Songwriter Jordan Wax’s previous album had heavier subject matter but here he shows that Yiddish culture can be silly, too
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Yiddish World New CD of Yiddish children’s songs by Vilna-born composer David Botwinik
The songs, performed by children and adults, cover the Jewish holidays, family and nature
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Yiddish World VIDEO: Peter, Paul and Mary’s “Light One Candle” — in Yiddish
Three siblings of the musically renowned Mlotek family recently recorded a new translation of the Hanukkah song
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Yiddish World Musician-ethnographer Michael Alpert to receive Dreaming in Yiddish Award
Michael Alpert has been a pioneering singer, multi-instrumentalist, ethnographer and educator for over five decades
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