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Vemen vestu zingen, vemen? Leibu Levin Performs in Yiddish
… in southwestern Ukraine). This new production of the Jewish Music Research Centre prepared around the centennial of Levin’s birth is a partial fulfilment of Lifshitz’s wish. This CD is based on the … about the poets. You can also find this album on Apple Music , or download MP3s on Amazon . … 7 … 38846 … 1 CD + …
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… legislative design. Because of the “folk” origins of its music and the re-writing of Naftali Herz Imber’s poem … It reappeared as recently as 2007 in an Israeli documentary film directed by Reuven Hecker and titled precisely Lekh leshalom geshem . The film cleverly focuses on the Sephardic tune as the most …
Chasidic in America
… in North and South America, and in the 1937 Yiddish film The Cantor’s Son (Dem Khazns Zundyl) . O ne of the most successful American Yiddish films, The Cantor's Son was directed by Sidney Goldin (who … Olshanetsky , the composer who is credited with the music of The Cantor’s Son . This virtuosic, wordless song …
Yippee
… Directed by Paul Mazursky Yippee is a documentary film directed by and starring American actor and director Paul Mazursky. In this film, for reasons which he cannot explain, Mazursky decides … fallback of the film is the lack of documentation of the music and prayers which accompany the festive holiday. In …
Yiddish Theater: A Love Story
… Directed by Dan Katzir This film tells a dual tale. The first is of Zypora Spaisman, who … the 21st century and the hardships which that entailed. The film, shot over the last eight days of the year 2000, … Spaisman herself, Shifra Lerer who discusses and plays music of hers and her husband, Ben Zion Vitler, who helped …
Yiddish – The Mame Loshn (Yiddish - the Mother Tongue)
… its numbers have steeply decreased. This emmy-award winning film interviews American Yiddish speakers including actors … Different aspects of the culture are discussed such as film, poetry and music. There are a few scenes in the film where …
Wild Man Blues
… Directed by Barbara Kopple In this documentary film director Barbara Kopple follows Woody Allen on a rare … jazz band. One could raise the question whether this film is relevant to Jewish music or not. Its relevance can be found by looking over the …
Uncle Moses
… Directed by Sidney Goldin and Aubrey Scotto This 1932 film, based on Shalom Asch's novel, was one of the first American Yiddish films. It deals with many of the issues that occupied the … themes, especially the latter, are expressed through the music of the film. One example is the niggun that Uncle …
Unataneh Tokef
… Directed by Yehuda Yaniv This film follows the premier of Yair Rosenblum's version of … Kippur war memorial service at Kibbutz Beith Hashita. The film leads up to the first performance of the song, sung by … Liturgy … Yom Kippur War … Contemporary Israeli Music … Israeli composers … Unetaneh Tokef … Unataneh Tokef …
Tree of Life
… Directed by John Ferno This film, narrated by Laurence Olivier, contains performances of both secular and religious music in Israel. This includes praying at the Western Wall, … as, Persian, Yemenite, and secular. … 9 … 34138 … … 1971 … Musical traditions … Jewish cultural groups … Upsherin … …