26/04/2020
Lévy, Solly (1939-2020)
Tribute by Judith Cohen Solly Levy was born in Tangier (Morocco) on November 1st, 1939. He emigrated to Canada with his wife, Madeleine, and their first child, Eddy, in 1968. Upon …
11/04/2020
Shira u’tfila
Native of Belgrade, Shira u’tfila was founded in 2000 by Stefan Sablic (Asher Alkalay), singer and musician
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02/04/2020
Three Passover songs: Adir hu, Echad mi yodea and Chad gadya
Learn everything about the three songs that end the Passover seder : Adir hu, Echad mi yodea and Chad gadya …
02/04/2020
Passover
Passover (Pessah) - פֶּסַח - is one of the three pilgrimage festivals of the Jewish calendar (with Shavuot and Sukkot), in which we commemorate the Hebrews who got out of Egypt. …
24/03/2020
Katz, Mickey (1909-1985)
Mickey Katz was an american singer and clarinet player specialized in Jewish comedy and in cover of songs with a Yiddish flavour …
18/03/2020
Arrouasse, Maurice (1932-2017)
Born in Tlemcen (Algeria) on July 31, 1932, in a brotherhood of ten children, Maurice Arrouasse came from a modest but happy family. The social life went also well between …
11/03/2020
Beregovski, Moisei Iakovlevich (1892–1961)
Born in Ukraine in 1892, Moisei Beregovski listened very early to religious music through his father, who taught in a Jewish music school in Kiev, and who was a ba’al …
12/02/2020
Listening to the sacred
Audio recording of the conference "Listening to the sacred", organisde by the Villa Gillet and the Institution des Chartreux in Lyon, on January 30, 2020, with the participation of Hervé Roten, Jean During, Jean-Clément Jollet and François-Xavier Szymczak (moderator) …
04/02/2020
Cohen, Judith
A singer and performer on medieval and traditional instruments, ethnomusicologist and university lecturer, Judith Cohen was born in Montreal (Canada). Since the 1970’s, she travelled frequently (Eastern Europe, Spain, Portugal, …
27/01/2020
Yarkoni, Yaffa (1925-2012)
Yaffa Yarkoni was born in Givatayim in 1925. One of her most famous songs is called “Bab-el-Oued” (1948), dedicated to the Israeli soldiers who were killed during the war of …
