Yiddish

Concerts of the European Festival of Jewish Choirs, Paris 2025

Watch the concerts from the European Festival of Jewish Choirs, which took place in Paris from July 2 to 7, 2025, under the auspices of the EUAJC …

Nehama Lifshitz Collection

In March 2026, Roza Litay, daughter of singer Nehama Lifshitz (1927–2017), donated a collection of autobiographical materials (photos, archives, etc.) to the IEMJ that document her mother’s role in preserving Yiddish song in Eastern Europe and later in Israel …

Lifshitz, Nehama (1927-2017)

Born in Lithuania, Nehama Lifshitz was a renowned Yiddish singer …

Purim songs in Yiddish

A selection of Yiddish songs for the holiday of Purim, performed by Pesach Burstein, Arkady Gendler, Sarah Gorby, Masha Benya, The Bursteins, and others …

Yiddish song in France

Lectures filmed on October 20, 2024 at the Auditorium of the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme (Paris), as part of the Symposium Ashkenazi music in France, at concerts or in synagogue - State of the art, origins, influences, traditions and (re)creations

CONCERT Kalarash – Klezmer music, Yiddish and French songs

Watch excerpts from the Kalarash - Klezmer music, Yiddish and French songs album release concert, held on March 26, 2023 at 5:30pm at Espace Rachi - Guy de Rothschild …

LES BUBBEY MAYSE – LE PETIT MATIN DU GRAND SOIR

This 9th CD of the "Discovery" Collection immerses us in the world of four magnificent musicians united by their love of klezmer music and the Yiddish language, and who draw from it the impulse to reinvent a brighter tomorrow …

Tsuzamen – Sirba Octet

This album is a formidable testimony of hope: the hope of the Jews, the Armenians, the gypsies whose repertoires the Sirba Octet wanted to mix so that fraternity is incarnated in music …

Jacinta, a life in song

Discover a selection of Yiddish, Judeo-Spanish, Argentinean and French songs by Jacinta, an artist with a golden voice …

KALARASH – KLEZMER MUSIC, YIDDISH AND FRENCH SONGS

This 8th CD of the Discovery Collection gathers klezmer music, Yiddish and French songs by Kalarash, a French group that has been exploring the traditional music from Eastern Europe and the Balkans for 12 years …