Latest Acquisitions

Bekar

The EIJM just acquired two CD from the French band BEKAR, who defines itself as « pop songs with a Yiddish accent » …

Chants et Emotions

The songs from the Jewish liturgy, Hebrew songs, in live and recorded in studio, by the Polyphonies Hébraïques of Strasbourg and the Ensemble Vocal Hébraïca, gathered in a great two CD box set ! …

Six CD boxsets from the Jewish Research Music Centre of Jerusalem

The goal of the Jewish Music Research Center of Jerusalem is the study and research of the musical heritage of Jewish communities of the past and present. It publishes regularly high quality discs and books …

The publications from the Armin Berg Society

Founded in 2003 and based in Vienna, Austria, the Armin Berg Society’s goals are the research on Jewish performing arts before World War II, and their restitution through live shows. …

Verdun, feuillets de guerre (war leaves)

Françoise Masset and Anne Le Bozec play musical works often unpublished by composers of the 1st world war …

Songs and Piyutim in honor of Tsaddik Sidna Baba Salé

The best Jewish singers from Morrocco, among them Samy Elmaghribi, Cheikh Mouizo or Maxime Michali, sing in honor of Rabbi Israel Abuhatzeira, aka Baba Salé …

MAAYAN

A new album with 9 songs, that mixes traditional music with jazz. Yemenite piyutim, Moroccan songs, Sephardi’s songs …

In Love and in Struggle

The musical heritage of the Jewish Labor Bund, in 17 songs, sang by Zalmen Mlotek, Adrienne Cooper, Dan Rous, the New Yiddish Chorale and the Workmen’s Circle Chorus …

Miriam’s Song

This is an album that pays tribute to Jewish women composers. In the 19th century, being a Jewish woman was a double obstacle for musicians and composers, who had to live with an anti-Semitic environment, as well as a strict distribution of roles between men and woman in the Jewish society …

Je Chante! Magazine

The latest issue of the magazine Je Chante ! la revue de la chanson française has published an important file on the French-Arab song repertoire, with interviews and articles on Enrico Macias, Line Monty, Blond-Blond, Maurice El Médioni, Salim Hallali, José de Suza, Lili Boniche …

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