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Mir Kumen ON! – Yiddish Cinemathèque

Posted by

wuex on 05/03/2019

NEW YORK — There are entire libraries of books that describe “the Old Country,” the Jewish communities in the cities and shtetls of Europe prior to the attempted Nazi genocide. There is far less of it on film, especially primary source documentaries. The percentage of what is easily available is about to shoot up, thanks to a new digital print of “Mir Kumen On (Children Must Laugh).”

This educational film from 1936 (or, to be fair, propaganda film, but more on that in a moment) is one of the precious few surviving movies evoking Jewish life in Poland prior to its poisoning from external, racist forces.

Sveta Kundish and Patrick Farrel, in Yiddish concert!

Posted by

wuex on 28/02/2019

This two fantastic artists make us feel like being Aheim!

This concert based on a familiar story bring songs that warm our hearts and stimulates our memory for recalling good feelings, the smell of the food, the Cheder, all the atmosphere.

Chava Alberstein shows the Yiddish scenery today through poetry.

Posted by

wuex on 19/02/2019

(through Yiddish Cinemateque)

Israeli singer and songwriter Chava Alberstein set out to interview the last writers of Yiddish poetry, to hear their poems and stories. This documentary film follows her journey and features a superb collection of Yiddish folk songs. The film was shot at the same time as the bulk of Boris Sandler’s documentary, “Fridays at Leyvik House” (it can

Meet HALVA – Klezmer Orchestra

Posted by

wuex on 08/02/2019

Halva – The Sweetest Klezmer Orchestra

Halva is the Belgian-German-Latvian ensemble with which Nicolaas Cottenie investigates the links between traditional klezmer music and the many cultures surrounding the Ashkenazim (the Yiddish-speaking Jews in Eastern-Europe): Greek, Hungarian, Turkish and even Western Classical Music. The result is music that breathes a deep energy that invites to dance, with a touch of seriousness and moments of spiritual introspection here and there. It is music that speaks to the mind and the heart. It is music that, despite the myriad of influences, is still very clearly klezmer music, and at the same time is exploring the boundaries of the genre, searching for a fusion between Western and modal concepts of consonance and dissonance. Read More