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Israel of yesterday and today

Israel, promised land, is a non-ending source of inspiration for many singers with Jewish origins... …

The French-Arabic repertoire (2nd part)

MUSIQUES JUIVES D’HIER ET D’AUJOURD’HUI - TUESDAY MARCH 15, 2016, JUDAÏQUES FM (94.8), 21H05. This second part will focus on the life and work of some emblematic representatives of the second generation of singers. Among them: Blond-Blond, Lili Boniche, Albert Darmon dit Staïffi, Luc Cherki, El Kalaoui Tounsi, Maurice El Médioni, without forgetting the singer of the pied-noir song: Enrico Macias …

Verdun, feuillets de guerre (war leaves)

Françoise Masset and Anne Le Bozec play musical works often unpublished by composers of the 1st world war …

Songs and Piyutim in honor of Tsaddik Sidna Baba Salé

The best Jewish singers from Morrocco, among them Samy Elmaghribi, Cheikh Mouizo or Maxime Michali, sing in honor of Rabbi Israel Abuhatzeira, aka Baba Salé …

Jewish cradle songs 1st part

Listen to a selection of cradle songs from various traditions …

Women’s singing in Jewish tradition

The status of women in the Jewish tradition is often source of controversy. The halakha - the Jewish law - generally puts the woman in the role of the housekeeper, educator of her children. But it has not always been like that …

MAAYAN

A new album with 9 songs, that mixes traditional music with jazz. Yemenite piyutim, Moroccan songs, Sephardi’s songs …

Klezmer music, 1st part

Listen to the playlist around klezmer music …

The French-Arabic song repertoire (1st part)

MUSIQUES JUIVES D’HIER ET D’AUJOURD’HUI – TUESDAY FEBRUARY 16, 2016, JUDAÏQUES FM (94.8), 21H05. In the 1930s, a new generation of North African singers launched a new musical trend based on covers of French songs in Arabic or the creation of songs mixing Arabic and French. This trend, which lasted for more than 70 years, was later called "Chanson francarabe" …

In Love and in Struggle

The musical heritage of the Jewish Labor Bund, in 17 songs, sang by Zalmen Mlotek, Adrienne Cooper, Dan Rous, the New Yiddish Chorale and the Workmen’s Circle Chorus …