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‘I’m Sorry, It’s Yom Kippur’: Atonement through Punk (and Traditional Jewish Music)
… sorry, It’s Yom Kippur by the Brooklyn based band Schmekel (Yiddish for a small penis). The band comprises four members, … (male), Nekeva (female), Androgynos, Tumtum (or Timtum in Yiddish), Ay’lonit, and two kinds of Saris. [5] In addition … Warren D. The Passing Game: Querring Jewish American Culture . Syracuse, N.Y: Syracuse University Press, 2009. …
In the Fiddler's House: Itzhak Perlman
… bands perform Ale Brider: … 9 … 34218 … Warner Classics … … Yiddish … Itzhak Perlman … The Klezmatics … Brave Old World … … Klezmer musicians … Klezmer revival … Diasporic Jewish Culture … USA … In the Fiddler's House: Itzhak Perlman …
Image Before My Eyes
… by Joshua Waletzky This film discusses the history and culture of Polish Jews before the holocaust. It tells of the … the cities. Throughout the film there are a few different Yiddish songs sung. Among them are a Yiddish version of the prayer 'Modeh Ani,' and the Zionist …
Erinhern für die Zukunft: Remember for the future
… choir, headed by Manfred Lemm who teaches singing in both Yiddish and Polish. In this film they can be seen performing … visiting synagogues and churches and performing two Yiddish songs, a resistance song, and Hebrew songs such as … Hebrew song … Children … Choir … Shibolet BaSadeh … Jewish Culture Germany … Erinhern für die Zukunft: Remember for the …
A Pintale Id
… radio show and about the beginnings of the Jewish Yiddish theater and culture in Argentina during the 1950s. It also tells the story of the decline of the usage of Yiddish by Argentinian Jewry. The play features both Yiddish …
Society for Jewish Folk Music
… for abandoning his own heritage for the Slavic culture of Russian intellectuals. “Where is your national … “How do you know how many men live in a house?” asked Yiddish author Y.L. Peretz. “Count the fiddles hanging on … song, a character that typifies Jewish Klezmer music. The Yiddish author Shalom Aleichem vividly describes this …
Freylekhs
… Yiddish term, popularly used to refer to a joyful Niggun, … to Ze'ev (Walter) Feldman , a researcher of Klezmer culture and the Ashkenazi dance in Eastern Europe and in the … genre, rather than just a joyful Niggun, as it means in Yiddish. The functionality of the Freylekhs Niggunim is …
Singing for Survival: Songs of the Lodz Ghetto, 1940-45
… a brief history and overview of the ghetto and its music culture as well as analysis, lyrics, and music of dozens of … of Illinois Press … … 1992 … Folk songs … Holocaust … Yiddish … Persecutions … Ghetto … Poland … Lodz … Eastern …
Fiddler on the Move: Exploring the Klezmer World
… 'Klezmer' is a Yiddish word for professional folk instrumentalist-the … at weddings throughout Jewish eastern Europe before the culture was destroyed in the Holocaust, silenced under … recreating this restless volatile, and vibrant musical culture. Firmly centered in the United States, klezmer has …
Tenement Songs: the Popular Music of the Jewish Immigrants
… helped shape and give life to American popular culture (from 'Ethnomusicology') … 101 … 101 … 1 … 37919 … … … Songs … Song … 1982 … Song … History … Songs … America … Yiddish … USA … Immigrants … Pop … Mark Slobin … Tenement …