Song of the Month Archive
Sharing with you the captivating and at times surprising stories behind highly celebrated and less renowned Jewish songs.
April 2013
Hayrana Laih
Hayrana Laih is an Egyptian song that was and still is popular in the Arab world, but
August 2010
Eicha Yashva Badad
In honor of Tish'a Be'av, this month’s Song of the Month is Eicha Yashva Badad lament. Megilat Eicha (Eng.
June 2010
Yechidi Laderech Li Etse'a
'Alone I set out on the road,' wrote Lermontov, the great Russian poet, in 1841.
May 2010
In Ale Gasn\ Hey Hey Daloy Politsey
In honor of May Day, this month's song of the month is a Yiddish song about the political struggles of Jewish socia
February 2010
Bin Tavinu Liqnot Bina Ha'azinu
Rabbi Yisrael Najara (1550?-1625), a poet and a composer, was born to a distinguished family of Jews from Spain.
November 2009
Ki Hinneh Kahomer
*The notes sample is taken from the collection 'Shirei Eretz Yisrael' of Jacob Schoenberg, where the melody appears in the song Shehav Beni
January 2009
The “Hebrew Melody” by Joseph Achron: New version for voice, violin and piano premiered in Jerusalem, January 8, 2009
The widely known “Hebrew Melody” by Joseph Achron was composed in 1911 as a piece for violin, and as such it was pe
September 2008
Piyyutim for the High Holidays
From the upcoming release of JMRC's-Anthology of Musical Traditions in Israel: The Historical Recordings of Haim Effendi of Turkey
July 2008
Mi-al har horev from the manuscripts of Obadiah the Proselyte
The preparation of this song of the month was inspired by several recent inquiries regarding the musical manus