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A Pintale Id
… Director: Alan Ezequiel Jais This film is about a play about a Jewish Argentinean radio … Yiddish theater and culture in Argentina during the 1950s. It also tells the story of the decline of the usage of …
A letter to mother - A Brivele der Mamen
… Directed by Joseph Green Classic Yiddish film from 1939 with music by Abe Ellstein . In this film music is integral to the development of the plot …
A Jumpin' Night in the Garden of Eden
… This film documents the American klezmer music revival that … and the Klezmer Conservatory Band that helped start it. The Folkstreams website provides more information and a preview of the first 26 …
A Free People
… Directed by Michael Elkins In this film about immigration to Israel from Europe and Egypt there are two scenes with Jewish rituals. The first occurs towards the beginning …
A Bookshelf On Top of the Sky: 12 Stories about John Zorn
… song creating an idiosyncratic style of polystylistic composition. This film, directed by and starring Claudia Heuermann, …
Tipat Mazal (A Bit of Luck)
… This film is directed by and stars Ze'ev Ravach. It is about … at the JMRC's October, 2013 Song of the Month Low quality video from the film with Revach singing a few songs in …
Representations of Jews in the Musical Theater of the Habsburg Empire (1788-1807)
… Research on the image of the Jew in eighteenth-century literature and theater has not identified any musical … them sheds new light on the European perception of Jews at this time. David Buch’s new study offers the earliest …
Hora
… term The word originates from Rumanian. As an ancient term it meant a circular folk dance. Later, it came to signify … was usually used to refer to the slow, triple metered Hora. This was favored by Klezmers and they began composing new …
Society for Jewish Folk Music
… that was to have impacts on classical and popular music to this day. Vladimir Stasov, music historian and promoter of … – was introduced to the Russian Jewish composer and music critic Joel Engel . Stasov berated Engel for abandoning his …
Seliha-Selihot
… The Seliha does not have a fixed form, and the themes that it deals with, are not exclusive to it. Sources of Seliha … Jews maintain the tradition of reciting Selihot during this month, most communities during the whole month …