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Yiddish Chanukah Carols rises above the level of spoof because of its committed engagement with both the original and new materials. Each track so that it settles comfortably between Desser’s new Chanukah lyrics and the recognizable Christmas original.

Dec 24, 2021

An interview with Naomi Seidman, Chancellor Jackman Professor of the Humanities at the University of Toronto, and Basya Schechter, musician and founder of Pharoah’s Daughter, who are working on their compelling project called The Bais Yaakov project.

Jun 05, 2019

May 22, 2019

Shimmering Lights by Yale Strom’s Broken Consort is joyful listening that cuts through the darkness at any time of year.

Apr 24, 2019

Klezmer singers and musicians gather in Berlin to make joyous new sound together.

Jan 29, 2019

Noam Green on Tsiblele’s radically intimate sounds, and what it means to flag Jewish

Feb 22, 2018

A new volume of poetry that re-imagines Yiddish folk song as confession, political protest, and playful soundscape.

Apr 05, 2016

Lin Jaldati was a secular Dutch Jew who brought Yiddish music to communist East Germany. Now, Jewlia Eisenberg and David Shneer are reviving her music and investigating her revolutionary life.

Feb 28, 2016

Austrian shepherd Hans Breuer on driving refugees across the border, and getting famous for singing Yiddish songs.

Feb 23, 2016

A Litvakus concert-cum-sociolinguistics-lecture doubles as a revolution you can dance to.

Jan 27, 2016