Goodbye, Flory Jagoda
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On 29th of January of 2021 Flory Jagoda passed away at her 97 years old. She had a long and prolific career and she was the author of the very…
MBS after Tu B’Shvat, with the Iraqi song for the blooming trees and two legends about Yosef Chaim
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29nd January 2021 – Shabbat is almost here And Tu B’Shvat just ended yesterday! Let’s listen to a song about the blooming trees of Iraq, a piyyut by Yosef Chaim,…
MBS with the chazan’s chazan born in a land of shifting borders. Guess who?
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22nd January 2021 – Shabbat is almost here And today we’ll listen to the so called chazan’s chazan, Moshe Koussevitzky, with a piece specifically used by the cantors to initiate the…
MBS with the first commercial Sephardi recording… probably! Haim Effendi is our protagonist
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15th January 2021 – Shabbat is almost here And today we’ll listen to a performer and composer who was recorded in 1908 in a production that vies for the honor of…
MBS with the cultural redeemer for the North African Jews in Israel, Rabbi David Bouzaglo
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8th January 2021 – Shabbat is almost here And today we’ll listen to the payṭan who gave back their cultural identity to the North African Jewish migrants in Israel: Rabbi David Bouzaglo Hello, how…
MBS with a tribute to the musicians: Yossel Der Klezmer, by Theodore Bikel, and Yosl Klezmer, by Lazar Weiner
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1st January 2021 – Shabbat is almost here And today we’ll share Yossel Der Klezmer, sang by Theodore Bikel, and also Yosl Klezmer, the composition by Lazar Weiner. What do they have in…