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The summer playlist of Yiddish and klezmer music…

Listen to a selection of Klezmer tunes and Yiddish songs from our archives. …

Hidden sides of Jewish music : the CD of cantor Boaz Davidoff “Oneg Shabbat”

Hosted by Hélène Engel, broadcasted on Radio SHALOM Montreal in 2012. …

Dzigan & Shumacher

Discover audio recordings of their skits …

Dzigan and Shumacher

Native of Łódź in Poland, Shimen (Szymon) Dzigan (1905-1980) and Yisroel Shumacher (Szumacher) (1908-1961), forming the famous Yiddish comedy duet, were known worldwide before and after the 2nd world war. …

Gala concert of the European Institute for Jewish Music – 4th edition

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 11, 2018, 5h30pm, Salle Cortot - Paris, the EIJM invites you to its Great Gala Concert. PURCHASE TICKETS NOW on the EIJM's online shop or book your seats by sending a bank check ordered to the IEMJ …

Enchanted Jewish music: Enrico Macias and Socalled

Hélène Engel presents the albums of Enrico Macias and Socalled released in 2011 …

Se réinventer au présent : musical history of the Judeo-Spanish diaspora of France

MUSIQUES JUIVES D’HIER ET D’AUJOURD’HUI - TUESDAY JULY 3, 2018, JUDAÏQUES FM (94.8), 21H00 A radio broadcast dedicated to the history of Judeo-Spanish music in France as an identity marker. With Jessica Roda who published a book on this thematic …

Se réinventer au présent

Jessica Roda just published at the Presses universitaires de Rennes Editions a book dedicated to the Judeo-Spanish people of France and their musical heritage …

Music and cuisine in the Jewish tradition

Cuisine in Judaism is a complete institution. Thus, the culinary customs associated to Jewish holidays, and generally passed on from mother to daughter almost as ancient as the Jewish History itself. It is interesting to notice that music and cuisine are often intimately linked. Traditionally, all meals start and finish by singing prayers. …

4th Judeo-Spanish summer univerity

FROM THE 8TH TO THE 13TH OF JULY 2018 at the Edmond Safra Center in Paris (75016) An opportunity to discover the best of the Judeo-Spanish world in all its facets... …