Yiddish Music

Traditional Hanukkah Songs from Around the World

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We want to be sure everyone has a chance to enjoy the full richness of the holiday, and we don’t just mean the delicious fried richness.

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Beethoven’s “Ale Brider” oif Yiddish

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Yiddish poem: I. L. Peretz (1852-1915) Original music: Beethoven’s 9th Symphony Choral adaptation: Binyumen Schaechter Filmed live in performance November 1, 2015 • Merkin Concert Hall, NYC Jewish People’s Philharmonic…

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Beautiful Yiddish Chanukah Song, “Borekh ate”

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The *beautiful* Yiddish Chanukah song “Borekh ate” (“Blessed Art Thou”) Performed by the Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus / JPPC Binyumen Schaechter, Conductor And if you haven’t yet seen the following…

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New Contemporary Yiddish “Hanukkah, Oh, Hanukkah”

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On YouTube A new contemporary choral arrangement of the classic song “Oy, Khanike, Oy, Khanike” (“Chanukah, Oh, Chanukah”) in the original Yiddish. Performed by the Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus /…

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“Baby It’s Cold Outside” in Yiddish! – קעצעלע, ס’ברענט דער פֿראָסט

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Music and original English lyrics: Frank Loesser (1910-1969) Yiddish lyrics: Binyumen Schaechter (2015) Performed by Cantor Joshua Breitzer and Donna Breitzer Piano accompaniment by Seth Weinstein Filmed live in performance…

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Music from a Speeding Train: Jewish Literature in Post-Revolution Russia

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A history of Russian-Jewish and Soviet Yiddish literature from the 1920s to 2006, the study focuses on the themes of time, memory, and the body. This study is a work…

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ווידעאָ: „אַרום דעם פֿײַער‟

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פֿײַער איז אַן אָפֿטער מאָטיוו אין דער וועלט־ליטעראַטור בכלל און אין דער ייִדישער פֿאָלקלאָר בפֿרט. גאָר אַ שיין ייִדיש ליד וועגן פֿײַער איז „אַרום דעם פֿײַער‟, וואָס מע פֿלעג זינגען…

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Jewish Folk Chorus celebrates Yiddish music — and Yiddish values

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hen the Jewish Folk Chorus of San Francisco started way back in 1926, all of the singers, not to mention most of the audience, understood the Yiddish lyrics they were singing. “It…

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Simjas Toire oif der Gantzer Velt

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אין פֿאַרגלײַך מיט דער קנאַפּער צאָל סוכּות־לידער אויף ייִדיש, זענען פֿאַראַן אַ סך לידער און אַלטע ייִדישע ניגונים לכּבֿוד שׂמחת־תּורה. דער יום־טובֿ, דער פֿריילעכסטער פֿונעם ייִדישן לוח, איז באַקאַנט פֿאַר…

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Sukkot Song

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Sukkot is a weeklong Jewish holiday that comes five days after Yom Kippur. Sukkot celebrates the gathering of the harvest and commemorates the miraculous protection G‑d provided for the children…

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