After a packed, overly scheduled workweek, I love the slow, relaxed tempo of Friday night Shabbos dinner with my family and friends. What makes it stand out are not only the delightful tastes and ...

“From the Cradle to the Chuppe” is the title given a collection of Yiddish folk-songs compiled by Constance and Henry Gideon and published in two volumes by the Arthur P. Schmidt Company, Boston and ...

The dance workshop was in full swing, but catastrophe was afoot: Nobody understood how to make a four-pointed star. I’m referring to a folk dance pattern that, as one of the less competent dancers in ...

A group of klezmer musicians was jamming in Lower Manhattan, when its fiddler suddenly stopped and encouraged a preteen ...

National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene (NYTF) today dishes up some exciting new Chanukah programming as part of their groundbreaking 107th season. ESN, a celebration of Jewish food through song and ...

This May, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is hosting Continuing Evolution: Yiddish Folksong Today, a music festival featuring four concerts which cross stylistic boundaries between classical ...

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 ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Join us for an afternoon of traditional Yiddish folksong and new classical works that explore Jewish life and historical experience, including ...

Temple Beth El will host its third annual Jewish Music & Culture Festival starting Tuesday. The event runs through Feb. 10. This year’s all-Zoom program offers a blend of new and returning presenters.

A new genre of music originating from Boston’s indie scene and conservatory institutions is taking root throughout nightclubs in the United States and abroad. These sounds are spearheaded by DJ Chaia, ...

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