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The Shvesters: Paulina Levi (left) and Polina Fradkin. Photo by Nira Dayanim.

How two Yiddish soul sisters became a singing sensation

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By: Alan Zeitlin

March 7, 2025

When singers Polina Fradkin and Paulina Levi got 50,000 Instagram followers, they celebrated with a cake. But these days, they are really cooking. The Shvesters (the Yiddish word for “The…

The Importance Of Folk Music In Helping People To Feel Human

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By: Laurence Mesirow

September 13, 2022

When I was growing up, folk music was more than just a kind of quaint exotic pretty music to which people listened. It was also a vehicle through which people…

“Der Rebbe Elimelekh” collection, from the world to your home

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By: SaveTheMusic

April 22, 2021

Der Rebbe Elimelekh 25 versions from all over the world presented by SaveTheMusic. “Der Rebbe Elimelekh” is a Yiddish song written in 1927 by Moyshe Nadir and loosely based on…

“Partizaner-himen” (Partisans’ Hymn) or “Zog nit keyn mol,” performed by The JPPC

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By: SaveTheMunic

April 16, 2021

Lyrics: Hirsh Glik (1922-1944) Melody: Dmitry Pokrass (1899-1978) Musical arrangement: Binyumen Schaechter (2018) Yiddish Philharmonic Chorus דער ייִדישער פֿילהאַרמאָנישער כאָר (formerly Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus / JPPC) Binyumen Schaechter, Conductor…

Traditional passover songs for listening, singing and enjoying!

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By: SaveTheMusic

March 26, 2021

The Maccabeats – Dayenu – Passover – דיינו Music video for “Dayenu,” a multi-genre twist on the classic Passover Seder song. Gad Elbaz – Ma Nishtana גד אלבז – מה…

Millennial Bundism: An Interview with Isabel Frey

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By: Faith Hillis

February 24, 2021

INTRODUCTION Isabel Frey is a Vienna-based activist and musician who recently released a debut album, Millennial Bundist. Faith Hillis recently caught up with Frey on Zoom to ask about millennials’ rediscovery of the…

SaveTheMusic invites you to listen and learn more about “Zog Nit Keynmol”: Lyrics, transliterations, performers, and more!

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By: SaveTheMusic

January 22, 2021

Zog Nit Keynmol Az du Gueist Dem Letztn Veg… Never say that you are walking on your last road… With these words starts the song written by Hirsh Glick in…

6 Hannukah hymns from Morocco to Poland

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By: דזשאָרדין קוציק

December 14, 2020

מיט די חנוכּה־ און פּסח־לידער איז שטענדיק אינטערעסאַנט צו פֿאַרגלײַכן ווי אַזוי פֿאַרשידענע ייִדישע עטנישע גרופּעס האָבן אײַנגעגלידערט די אוראַלטע לידער און זיי צוגעפּאַסט צו די מוזיקאַלישע סטילן פֿון זייער…

Last Chance to See the Chanukah Spectacular

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By: National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene

December 11, 2020

Last Chance to See the Chanukah Spectacular

Four happy songs with Bodo

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By: SaveTheMusic

December 8, 2020

Recently, the young Yiddishist and movie lover Aaron Bendich uploaded to YouTube some disco songs in Yiddish from the Israeli film, “When you give, you take.” Until recently, almost no…