Playlist Enrico Macias
A selection of Enrico Macias’ greatest songs
Author: Lea Couderc
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Macias, Enrico (1938)
Enrico Macias is a French singer, musician and composer born in Constantine in Algeria, the 11th of December 1938. His real name is Gaston Ghrenassia, and he is the son
Judeo-Spanish songs: part 3
Judeo-Spanish is the vernacular language of the descendants of Jews chased from the Iberian Peninsula in 1492 and 1497 Following their expulsion, the Sefardi Jews (the word Sefarad means Spain in Hebrew)
The Jewish traditional wedding 2nd part
The wedding in Jewish tradition follows certain rules. It’s about celebrating the marriage of two people, but also their belonging to a religious life. Often the future husband and wife
Jewish mothers, 2nd part
The stereotype of the Jewish mother fed generations of psychoanalysts and inspired many autobiographic and satiric books. The following playlist is a tribute to all Jewish mothers. The Jewish mother
Sukkot, 1st part
Here is a playlist on the occasion of the Jewish holiday Sukkot.
Kol Nidre
Watch the lectures by Delphine Horvilleur and Hervé Roten about the meaning of the Kol Nidre prayer and its music, as well as an excerpt of the concert, performed on
Yom Kippur, 2nd part
Yom Kippur, also called « Day of Atonement » is one of the High Holy Days of the Jewish calendar. Yom Kippur starts when night falls, with the symbolic prayer
Rosh Hashanah, 2nd part
Listen to a selection of tunes from Rosh Hashana performed by Michel Heymann, Philippe Darmon, Shalom Berlinski, Adolphe Attia.
Discovering the Orient
A presentation of Eastern music, with Oriental and Sefardi flavours