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Mentshn-Fresser, feat. Sveta Kundish & Daniel Kahn. This 100-Year-Old Yiddish Pandemic Song Could Have Been Written Today

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July 23, 2020

In 1916, Solomon Smulevitz, a Yiddish musician and entertainer who immigrated to America from Belarus, wrote “Mentshn-Fresser.” The song’s title means “man eater,” or “devourer of mankind.” Written by Solomon…

“A dank dir, mayn lebn” – Chilean classic “Gracias a la vida”, sung in Yiddish by Roman Grinberg

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July 17, 2020

Maybe the most beautiful hymn to life ever written with no need of further introductions or explanations. It is a song telling everything in itself, and going directly inside the…

Avreiml der Marvikher, performed by Florian Pollak, Roman Grinberg and the Vienna JazzKlez Band

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July 16, 2020

Mordechai Gebirtig, born in 1877 in Krakow, Poland, was a Yiddish folk poet and songwriter. Gebirtig had three daughters, for whom he wrote and performed his poems. The words were…

Vira Lozinsky sings a love song to Paris

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July 7, 2020

Vira Lozinsky, one of today’s outstanding Yiddish singers,blends her singing with a variety of musical styles from East European folk (Klezmer, Gypsy, Romanian, Russian) to South American Tangos. Her repertoire…

Paul Robeson sang in Yiddish

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July 6, 2020

I still remember the rich bass baritone voice of Paul Robeson singing “Old Man River” in the 1936 movie Show Boat. That was his song and I thought no one else could match his…

Four Yiddish songs to honor The Fourth of July

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July 2, 2020

Four Yiddish songs to honor The Fourth of July — English translations provided — Performed by the Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus / JPPC Binyumen Schaechter, Conductor “The Star-Spangled Banner” in Yiddish!…

Why are Yiddish Songs So Popular Now?

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June 22, 2020

Join Rukhl Schaechter, editor of the Forverts, as she explores the growing interest in Yiddish music, with singers Lorin Sklamberg, Daniel Kahn, Sarah Gordon, Michael Alpert and folksong maven Itzik…

This New Beatles Yiddish Cover Is Making Us Feel Fine

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June 17, 2020

The Chicago-based a cappella music group Listen Up! has given us some really great music, from this “Old Town Road” remix using the words of Dror Yikra, to this great a cappella cover of Matishyahu’s…

New Fiddler on the Roof Movie Is Coming from Hamilton Director Thomas Kail

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May 29, 2020

Fiddler On The Roof is moving from Broadway to the big screen. MGM is gearing up to produce a new movie adaptation of the hit musical, with Thomas Kail set to…

אַ מאָל געװען אַ צײַט “A Mol Geven A Tsayt”

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By: California Institute for Yiddish Culture and Language

May 11, 2020

But creativity in Yiddish is never ending! A new song for our times אַ ליד פֿאַר אונדזערע צײַטן Lyrics: Hindy Nosek-Abelson ליריק׃ הינדי נאָסעק-אייבעלסאָן Singer: Lenka Lichtenberg זינגערין׃ לענקאַ ליכטענבערג Melody: Those Were the…