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The Idelsohn Society is gearing up for our trip to Poland next week for the Jewish Culture Festival of Krakow. The festival runs from June 24-July 3rd and features lectures, musical performances, films, exhibits and much more.
We will be leading three lectures on June 29th, 30th and July 1st on topics like Black Sabbath, …
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An in-depth analysis of our Black Sabbath release by the mighty Terry Teachout of Commentary magazine. Terry’s piece is subscriber only but is worth investing in. He says of the tracks on Black Sabbath, “a few of these performances are little more than novelties, but others are both historically informative and powerfully moving, both as …
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Romeo and Juliet in Yiddish is an ambitious romantic dramady, directed by Eve Annenberg, that retells the famous story with 55% of the dialogue in Yiddish- the first American film to do so in 70 years. The film made a sold-out debut at the New York Jewish Film Festival earlier this year and has won …
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The Library of Congress and Sony Music launched a National Jukebox on Tuesday and it got 1 million hits in 48 hours. Sony gave the LOC permission to make more than 10,000 pre-1925 recordings from the Victor record label available to stream online- including jazz, blues, ethnic folk, gospel, pop, spoken word, and comedy. Check …
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Arturo O’Farrill is the genius behind our highly acclaimed Mazeltov, Mis Amigos live shows at Lincoln Center and Yoshi’s Jazz club in San Francisco. The Grammy Award winner arranged the music and assembled stellar bands, and is a true friend of the Idelsohn Society. So we were delighted to see Arturo featured in this past …
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