“Kleztronica” is a burgeoning Jewish music scene that’s becoming a “movement,” according to its 22-year-old creator, Upper West Side native Kaia Berman-Peters. (New York Jewish Week) — On a recent ...
For the past 15 years, the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene has raised awareness to this moment in American history and ...
Yiddish music has always evolved — from the shtetl to the stage, and now to the synth. For some time now a new wave of artists has been bringing its spirit into the digital age. Across clubs from ...
The ‘Rose Cohen Experience’ makes use of ambient recordings, an old sewing machine and a Yiddish women’s prayer ...
Temple Beth El’s fifth annual Humboldt Jewish Music and Culture Festival kicks off Sunday evening and then continues on March 16 and 17. A program called “The Angel’s Wings: Music & Tales for the Soul ...
Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell and Dmitri Gaskin. Photo by Stefan Loeber. On Oct. 24-29, the CU Boulder College of Music will host a unique klezmer and Yiddish song residency featuring singer Anthony ...
TARRYTOWN, NEW YORK (RNS) — Twenty-two-year-old soprano Shani Chamovitz flew in on a 10-hour flight from Israel, landing at Newark Airport at 3:30 a.m. on Sunday for the annual North American Jewish ...
The Shvesters don’t just perform in Yiddish — they also cover Hebrew songs — but they aim to help keep the language alive through their music. Yiddish as a spoken language has been on the decline ...
A Catholic with roots in Slovenia, she found connections between klezmer music and the folks songs of her native Bavaria. (JTA) — Andrea Pancur, a Munich-based singer, teacher and activist who helped ...
The sixth annual Humboldt Jewish Music & Cultural Festival is slated for Feb. 1 and 2 at Temple Beth El, 3233 T St., Eureka. This year’s event – which includes several workshops, a dance party and a ...
CHEYENNE — The annual Yiddish Food Festival is back in Cheyenne for its 18th year of celebrating Jewish culture through music, food and experiences this Sunday. Each year, Mount Sinai Synagogue brings ...
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