Posts Tagged ‘ sephardic ’

Sephardic Music Festival, Vol. 2

December 25, 2012
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sephardic-music

The second Sephardic Music Festival album just dropped, and the only bad news is that you can no longer use Hanukkah as an excuse to buy it (though a little birdie just told us about another winter holiday that may be happening today). This compilation is just as eclectic as last year’s Vol. 1, with…

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Songs of Wonder

January 4, 2012
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pharoah

On the new album Songs of Wonder, singer/oud player Basya Schechter works with ten poems by Rabbi Abraham…

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Jews Aren’t Just White

October 11, 2011
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unity

Is the Jewish population growing or shrinking? It could be doing either, depending which survey you’re looking at.…

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A Kaiser Roll in the Bodega

July 26, 2011
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vanessahidary

Vanessa Hidary calls herself the “Hebrew Mamita.” She…

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The New Sound of Sephardim

November 30, 2010
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the new sound of sephardim

For the past five years, the Sephardic Music Festival has…

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A 400-Year-Old Swimming Pool

September 27, 2010
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A 400 year old swimming pool

When most people talk about getting wet in…

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