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Society for Jewish Folk Music
Violins, Voice and Jews
In the spring of 1897, on the eve of the Russian Orthodox…
Hora
Origin of the term
The word originates from Rumanian. As an ancient term it meant a…
Ba'al Menagen\ Menagen
The word 'menagen' (menágn in a Yiddish accent) comes from the verb 'nagen,' which in…
Representations of Jews in the Musical Theater of the Habsburg Empire (1788-1807)
Research on the image of the Jew in eighteenth-century literature and theater has not…
Tipat Mazal (A Bit of Luck)
This film is directed by and stars Ze'ev Ravach. It is about Zuzu, a popular Jewish…
A Bookshelf On Top of the Sky: 12 Stories about John Zorn
Directed by Claudia Heuermann.
John Zorn is a Jewish American composer who has been…
A Free People
Directed by Michael Elkins
In this film about immigration to Israel from Europe and…
A Jumpin' Night in the Garden of Eden
This film documents the American klezmer music revival that began in the mid 1970s and…
A letter to mother - A Brivele der Mamen
Directed by Joseph Green
Classic Yiddish film from 1939 with music by Abe Ellstein…
A musical passage
Film about the Jewish Soviet Emigre Orchestra.