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Mir Zingen (We sing)

80 songs with music score, translations and transliteration, edited by the MEDEM center Arbeter Ring and the CLEJ in 2016 …

Modern chasidic music

The EIJM just received the first album of the singer David Simcha, who performs chasidic songs in Hebrew arranged with pop-rock music. …

Discs and sheet music of Enrico Macias !

The main holding of Oriental Music, composed mainly from Maurice Arrouasse’s donations has recently grown with discs and sheet music from Enrico Macias …

Passover – 2nd part

Listen to a second playlist dedicated to the Passover holiday …

Bekar

The EIJM just acquired two CD from the French band BEKAR, who defines itself as « pop songs with a Yiddish accent » …

Music in Israel

Article written by Michèle Tauber, teacher of modern Hebrew, modern and contemporary literature in University Paris Sorbonne Nouvelle …

Passover – 1st part

Listen to a selection of the most beautiful tunes from Passover …

The musical traditions of the Jews from Alsace-Lorraine region

Listen to a selection of tunes performed by great cantors representative of the Jewish tradition of Alsace-Lorraine region (Michel Heymann, Adolphe Attia, André Stora, Albert Kirch…) …

Chants et Emotions

The songs from the Jewish liturgy, Hebrew songs, in live and recorded in studio, by the Polyphonies Hébraïques of Strasbourg and the Ensemble Vocal Hébraïca, gathered in a great two CD box set ! …

Healing music

MUSIQUES JUIVES D’HIER ET D’AUJOURD’HUI - APRIL 12, 2016, JUDAÏQUES FM (94.8), 21H05. Traditional accounts, both in the Jewish world and in other civilizations, suggest that musical sound acts on the human unconscious, causing various effects such as healing of the soul and body. One of the most ancient testimonies of the healing power of music is found in the first book of Samuel, chapter XVI, where the young David relieves, with the help of his kinnor, the melancholy of King Saul …