27/03/2025
Michel Heymann and the Ashkenazi liturgy of the Rhine Valley
In the “Life courses” series, Michel Heymann, one of the last representatives of Ashkenazi liturgy in the Rhine Valley, recounts his 50-year career as a cantor in the Alsatian and Luxembourg communities …
13/01/2025
Shirat ha-Baqqashot according to the Moroccan rite
Ariel Danan, a skilled connoisseur of baqqashot, traces the history of this liturgical poetry and provides musical examples in the Moroccan tradition …
07/11/2024
Adolphe Attia, 50 years of Chazanut in France
In the collection « Life courses », Adolphe Attia tells us about his life and ministry at the Grande Synagogue de la Victoire between 1961 and 2014 …
05/02/2024
Léon Algazi (1890-1971), a Jewish music pioneer in France
In the "Life Courses" series, Jacques Algazi (1934-2021) reveals the life of his father, Léon Algazi (1890-1971), a tireless intellectual musician of Romanian origin, who contributed in particular to the diffusion of Jewish music in France …
20/01/2023
Jacinta, between Yiddish, Judeo-Spanish songs and tango
In the series " Life courses ", discover the attaching personality of Jacinta, an artist of Argentinian origin who also sings in Yiddish, in Judeo-Spanish... and in tango …
16/05/2022
Jacques Arnold, a life serving chazanut
In the collection « Life courses », discover the endearing personality of the cantor Jacques Arnold, who tells us about his apprenticeship in the art of cantorial singing at the Séminaire Israélite de France in the 1960s …
28/02/2022
The Dounia record company
We invite you to discover the label Dounia, founded by the Tunisian singer El Kahlaoui Tounsi …
11/01/2022
La source de vie: Sing to the Lord, a new song
French television program by Josy Eisenberg presenting an excerpt from a liturgical concert filmed at the Buffault synagogue (Paris), 1985 …
13/12/2021
The music label Samyphone
Discover the music label Samyphone, created by the Moroccan singer Samy Elmaghribi …
04/06/2020
YAHAD Project – All together
The Yahad project was created during the lockdown period (March 17 - May 10, 2020) enacted by the French government due to the COVID-19 facing the pandemic. …
