Playlists

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 …

Israël Lovy (1773-1832)

Listen to the works of Israël Lovy, initiator of the reforming of the French Jewish cult in the beginning of the 19th century …

Sukkot, 1st part

Discover a playlist of the main tunes of the Sukkot holiday …

Yom Kippur, 2nd part

Discover a new selection of tunes for Yom Kippur, one of the High Holy Days of the Jewish calendar …

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 …

Back to school!

A nice music playlist to start the year …

The Israeli sequence by Avner Azoulay, 2nd part

A presentation of Israeli music, at the same time Sefardi, Ashkenazi and Middle-Eastern …

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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…