Playlists

Art music, 1st part

A selection of works by Charles-Valentin Alkan, Fernand Halphen, Ernest Bloch, Alexandre Tansman, Kurt Weill,  Alberto Hemsi, and Serge Kaufmann …

Passover – 2nd part

Listen to a second playlist dedicated to the Passover holiday …

Passover – 1st part

Listen to a selection of the most beautiful tunes from Passover …

The musical traditions of the Jews from Alsace-Lorraine region

Listen to a selection of tunes performed by great cantors representative of the Jewish tradition of Alsace-Lorraine region (Joseph Borin, Michel Heymann, Adolphe Attia, André Stora, Albert Kirch, René Jasner…) …

Songs of Moroccan Jews 1st part

Judeo-Moroccan music comes from the fusion of Moroccan and Andalusian cultures With the expansion of recording methods and of vinyl records, the music from Moroccan Jews has gone worldwide and …

Music from Yiddish theaters and cabarets, 1st part

An overview of the many cultural and musical Yiddish activities in Paris from the beginning of the 19th century …

Purim 1st part

Listen to a selection of music around the Purim holiday …

Israel of yesterday and today

Israel, promised land, is a non-ending source of inspiration for many singers with Jewish origins... …

Jewish cradle songs 1st part

Listen to a selection of cradle songs from various traditions …

Women’s singing in Jewish tradition

The status of women in the Jewish tradition is often source of controversy. The halakha - the Jewish law - generally puts the woman in the role of the housekeeper, educator of her children. But it has not always been like that …

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Piyyut and contemporary Israeli song

Piyyutim (religious poems) have had a significant influence on contemporary Israeli song

Bible poems & Jewish prayer

These two CDs by Semjon Kalinowsky (viola) and Torsten Laux (organ) invite us to discover—or rediscover—the musical works of some…

Weiss – Psalms and Hymns & The echo of the temple

In March 2025, Polish musicologist and organist Jakub Stefek donated two CDs and a 33-rpm record to the European Institute…

Music of David Eisenstadt

David Eisenstadt (Dawid Ajzensztadt), conductor, educator, and composer, was born in Nasielsk, Poland, in 1890. He was murdered in Treblinka…