Albums

Muna Zul / Enviaje

Album ID:
K-159(b)
Format:
Audio CD
Date of issuance:
2003
Language:
Mexican Spanish / Ladino
Provenance:
Purchase, Amazon, July 2015
Genre:
Experiemental/Vocal/Rap/Traditional
Where produced:
Mexico City
Number of tracks:
13
Copyright information:
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Matisyahu / Live at Sutbb's

Album ID:
M-074(a)
Format:
Audio CD
Publisher:
EPIC/OR Music EK96464
Date of issuance:
2005
Language:
English
Provenance:
Gift of Bob & Molly Freedman
Genre:
Rap/Pop
Where produced:
Austin, Texas
Number of tracks:
12
Penn library link:
to be catalogued

Matisyahu/ Youth

Album ID:
M-074(b)
Format:
Audio CD
Publisher:
Epic/ OR/ JBUB
Date of issuance:
2006
Language:
English
Provenance:
Gift of Robert & Molly Freedman, purchase
Genre:
Rap
Where produced:
USA
Number of tracks:
13
Penn library link:
to be catalogued

Socalled / Sleepover

Album ID:
S-114(c)
Format:
Audio CD
Publisher:
Socalled
Date of issuance:
2010
Playing time:
53:00
Language:
English
Provenance:
Purchase, Book Store,Yiddish Book Center, July 2015
Genre:
Rap/Hip Hop
Where produced:
Montreal, Canada
Number of tracks:
12
Additional notes:
This album has not been catalogued at the title or track level.
Penn library link:
to be catalogued

So Called/Ghetto Blaster

Album ID:
S-114(d)
Format:
Audio CD
Publisher:
JDUB Records
Date of issuance:
2007
Language:
Yiddish/English
Provenance:
Purchase Book Store National Yiddish Book Center, July 2016
Genre:
Rap/Rock
Where produced:
New York, NY
Number of tracks:
13
Additional notes:
This album has not been catalogued at the title or track level.
Penn library link:
to be catalogued

Subliminal The Light and the Shadow — סאבלימינל האור והצל

Album ID:
S-144(a)
Format:
Audio CD
Publisher:
Helicon Records
Date of issuance:
2002
Playing time:
70:11
Language:
Hebrew/English
Genre:
Israeli/Rap
Where produced:
Israel
Number of tracks:
20

Shemspeed Sampler: Volume One

Album ID:
S-257(a)
Format:
Audio Sampler
Publisher:
Shemspeed Sampler
Date of issuance:
2011
Language:
English
Provenance:
Anonymous Donor July, 2016
Genre:
Compuilation/Rap
Where produced:
USA
Number of tracks:
18
Additional notes:
This album has not been catalogued at the title or track level.
Penn library link:
to be catalogued

Matisyahu: Jerusalem (Video)

Album ID:
V0268
Format:
DVD
Publisher:
Epic 88697 03374 2
Date of issuance:
2006
Playing time:
30:34
Language:
English
Provenance:
Purchase Chester County Book and Music Store Aug 2012
Genre:
Pop/Rap
Where produced:
Jerusalem
Number of tracks:
7
Additional notes:
This album is part of a two album set. The other album is a CD - Album M-074(c)
Penn library link:
M1850.18.M38 N6 2006

Songs

Famous Jews

Author:
Kurland, Steve
Genre:
Rap
Subject:
Identity/Jews/Fame/

Recording

On album:
N-031(a) (Now That Sounds Kosher)
Track ID:
33805
Vocal:
Kurland, Steve
First line:
Dustin Hoffman, Sandy Koufax, Randy Newman, Mark Chagall, Groucho Marks,…
Language:
English
Style:
Chant/ Rock
Length:
3:43

You'll Never Get The Party Started

Genre:
Rap/Hard Rock
Subject:
Gernerations/Conflict/Mother/Sisters/Behavior/Broken Home

Recording

On album:
N-031(a) (Now That Sounds Kosher)
Track ID:
33812
Track:
Peet, Wayne
Violin:
Indictor, Mark
Lead Vocal/Teenage Girl:
Foos, Shari Famous
First line:
You're stayin home and you'll never get that party strarted, Oh mama, I going,
Language:
English
Style:
Hard Rock
Length:
3:43

Tweet Tweet

Author:
Dolgin, Josh
Author:
Shabazz, W.
Genre:
Rock/Jazz/Klezmer/Fusion/Rap
Subject:
Clap/Hands/Activity
Additional song notes:
Incorporates a Nigun

Jerusalem (Video)

Genre:
Rap/Pop
Subject:
Place/Jerusalem
Song comment:
Jerusalem/Memory/Return/Diaspora/Holocaust
Origin:
Alb M-047(c)/Alb V0268
Additional song notes:
This is part of two albums. Album M-074 is a CD

The Long Night

Genre:
Hip Hop/Rap
Subject:
Palestinian / Israeli Conflit

Recording

On album:
R-082(a) (Rooftops Roots / A JDUB MIXTAPE Vol II)
Track ID:
38268
First line:
Em ha'tal echem dakar es godel li ma koev u li ma b'neshama, kol h'azman balagan
Language:
Hebrew/Arabic
Length:
3:33

(How To) Sweat (Parts 1 & 2, Yid)

Author:
Simon Tenovsky Orchestra
Composer:
London, Frank
Genre:
Soundtrack/Klezmer/
Song comment:
From the Jonathan Berman film "The Schvitz"
On album:
K-051(c) (The Shvitz Featuring The Klezmatics)
Track ID:
21355
Artist:
Klezmatics
Arranger:
London, Frank
Track comment:
From the Jonathan Berman film "The Schvitz"
Style:
Atonal/Rap/Modern

As Kosher As The Wanna Be

Genre:
Instructional
Subject:
Observance/Food/Kashruth/Torah/Crab/Pork
On album:
N-031(a) (Now That Sounds Kosher)
Track ID:
33809
Vocal:
Two Live Jews
First line:
Attention, all you sucker Jews, attention, attention, ah, easy Irving, dees kid
Language:
English
Style:
Hard Rock/Rap
Length:
2:29

Hanukkah Hip Hop

Author:
Blane, Cantor Steven
Genre:
Holiday/Khanike
Subject:
Macabees/Resistence/Syrians/Rebellion/Temple/Oil
Origin:
Album S-104(a)
On album:
S-104(a) (The Spirit Series Vol 5/ The Spirit of Hanukkah/ Voices of the Conservative Movement)
Track ID:
32777
Vocal:
Blane, Cantor Steven
First line:
Mattathias, Mattathais - Go Mattathias! Go Judah the Hammer!
Language:
English
Style:
Rap
Length:
3:20

Zolst Azoy Lebn — זאָלסט אַזוי לעבן

Genre:
Lullaby/Children's Music/Klezmer/Traditional/Lament
Subject:
Babysitter/song of the babysitter/Mother/Earnings/Diapers/
Origin:
Ephemera 918
Transliteration:
Ephemera 918
Translation:
Ephemera 1477/Ephemera 918
Related information in folder 1477:
Comments:
1.7/3/2025 Translation from the Yiddish from the internet entered in Ephemeral on July 3, 2015
On album:
V072(a)
Track ID:
34756
Language:
Hebrew/English
Style:
Israeli/Rap

Ba'anu Choshech Legaresh — באנו חושך לגרש

Also known as:
We Came To Drive Away Darkness
Author:
Subliminal — סאבלימינל
Genre:
Israeli
Origin:
ALB S-144(a)
On album:
S-144(a) (Subliminal The Light and the Shadow — סאבלימינל האור והצל)
Track ID:
34736
Vocal:
Subliminal — סאבלימינל
First line:
Banu khoshekh legaresh, bidinu or veaish, kol ahad hu or katan, vekolnu or itan,
First line:
באנו חושך לגרש, בידינו אור ואש, כל אחד הוא אור קתן, וכולנו אור אןתן,
Language:
Hebrew/English
Style:
Israeli/Rap
Length:
4:18

Hapered Vehamashol — הפרד ומשול

Also known as:
The Divided and the Conquered
Author:
Subliminal — סאבלימינל
Genre:
Israeli
Origin:
ALB S-144(a)
On album:
S-144(a) (Subliminal The Light and the Shadow — סאבלימינל האור והצל)
Track ID:
34737
Vocal:
Subliminal — סאבלימינל
First line:
Divide and conquer, it's how they got you, stuck from the oldest tactic...
First line:
Divide and conquer, it's how they got you, stuck to the oldest tactic...
Language:
Hebrew/English
Style:
Israeli/Rap
Length:
4:01

Ani Yachol — אני יכול

Also known as:
I Can
Author:
Subliminal — סאבלימינל
Genre:
Israeli
Origin:
ALB S-144(a)
On album:
S-144(a) (Subliminal The Light and the Shadow — סאבלימינל האור והצל)
Track ID:
34738
Vocal:
Subliminal — סאבלימינל
First line:
Ani yakhol ani yakhol, yakhol ma? Lizrom, potakh et hapeh bemakom milim,
First line:
אני יכול אני יכול, יכוך מה ךזרום, פותח את הפה במקום מילים יוצא לי חום,
Language:
Hebrew/English
Style:
Israeli/Rap
Length:
4:17

Hafinaly — בפינאלי

Also known as:
The Finale
Author:
Subliminal — סאבלימינל
Genre:
Israeli
Origin:
ALB S-144(a)
On album:
S-144(a) (Subliminal The Light and the Shadow — סאבלימינל האור והצל)
Track ID:
34739
Vocal:
Subliminal — סאבלימינל
First line:
Zeh hafinaly, submilinalirikli, netaka li, nakhanasti lemeshkhak,
First line:
זה הפימאלי, סאבלימינליריקלי נתקע לי, נכנסתי למשחק למה המשחק אוניברסלי,
Language:
Hebrew/English
Style:
Israeli/Rap
Length:
4:08

T'ni Li — תני לי

Also known as:
Give Me
Author:
Subliminal — סאבלימינל
Genre:
Israeli
Origin:
ALB S-144(a)
On album:
S-144(a) (Subliminal The Light and the Shadow — סאבלימינל האור והצל)
Track ID:
34740
Vocal:
Subliminal — סאבלימינל
First line:
Mi mi rotze, lavo, iti TACT, tarimi, t-holtzah, t-mini skirt, toridi,
First line:
מי מי רוצה לבוא איתי תרימי ת'חולצה ת'מיני סקרט תורודי, תני לי רוצה אותך...
Language:
Hebrew/English
Style:
Israeli/Rap
Length:
4:10

Ha'element Hachamishi — האלמט החמיישי

Also known as:
The Fifth Element
Author:
Subliminal — סאבלימינל
Genre:
Israeli
Origin:
ALB S-144(a)
On album:
S-144(a) (Subliminal The Light and the Shadow — סאבלימינל האור והצל)
Track ID:
34741
Language:
Hebrew/English
Style:
Israeli/Rap
Length:
0:20

Hainu Asinu — היינו עשינו

Also known as:
We Lived We Did
Author:
Subliminal — סאבלימינל
Genre:
Israeli
Origin:
ALB S-144(a)
On album:
S-144(a) (Subliminal The Light and the Shadow — סאבלימינל האור והצל)
Track ID:
34742
Vocal:
Subliminal — סאבלימינל
First line:
Amen ben chelo kan, haor vehatzel, meaz vemetamid yisraelim, etzbanim,
First line:
אמן בן צ'ולו כאן האור והצל, מאז ומתמיד ישראלים עצבניים, יד ביד עוד מצליח ביחד,
Language:
Hebrew/English
Style:
Israeli/Rap
Length:
3:53

Bor Lelo Tachtit — בוק ללא תחתית

Also known as:
Hole Without a Bottom
Author:
Subliminal — סאבלימינל
Genre:
Israeli
Origin:
ALB S-144(a)
On album:
S-144(a) (Subliminal The Light and the Shadow — סאבלימינל האור והצל)
Track ID:
34743
Vocal:
Subliminal — סאבלימינל
First line:
Shmeal yamin shmeal yamin, mistakel emok betokh kana, shel 9 m"m,
First line:
מסתכל עמוק בת קתה של 9 מ"מ אין לאן לברוח, אתה לא לבר בחדר,
Language:
Hebrew/English
Style:
Israeli/Rap
Length:
4:57

Biladai — בילאדי

Also known as:
Without Me
Author:
Subliminal — סאבלימינל
Genre:
Israeli
Origin:
ALB S-144(a)
On album:
S-144(a) (Subliminal The Light and the Shadow — סאבלימינל האור והצל)
Track ID:
34744
Vocal:
Subliminal — סאבלימינל
First line:
Ima adama sheli, lo sheli kol ma shehaya sheli, afilu hamedina sheli sokhneh...
First line:
אמא אדמה שלי , לא שלי כל מה שהיה שלי, אפילו המדינה שלי סכנה שלי,
Language:
Hebrew/English
Style:
Israeli/Rap
Length:
2:43

Non Stop — נין סטופ

Author:
Subliminal — סאבלימינל
Genre:
Israeli
Origin:
ALB S-144(a)
On album:
S-144(a) (Subliminal The Light and the Shadow — סאבלימינל האור והצל)
Track ID:
34745
Vocal:
Subliminal — סאבלימינל
First line:
Sneakas: Check the punch line, my worth even 50 cents, It's common mos def...
First line:
Check the punch line, my words ain't even worth 50 cents,
Language:
Hebrew/English
Style:
Israeli/Rap
Length:
4:15

Adi Dikhon — אדי דיכאון

Also known as:
My Steam is Depression
Author:
Subliminal — סאבלימינל
Genre:
Israeli
Origin:
ALB S-144(a)
On album:
S-144(a) (Subliminal The Light and the Shadow — סאבלימינל האור והצל)
Track ID:
34746
Language:
Hebrew/English
Style:
Israeli/Rap
Length:
0:50

Zazim Im Habaim — זזים עם הבאם

Also known as:
Move With the Coming
Also known as:
Bounce
Author:
Subliminal — סאבלימינל
Genre:
Israeli
Origin:
ALB S-144(a)
On album:
S-144(a) (Subliminal The Light and the Shadow — סאבלימינל האור והצל)
Track ID:
34747
Vocal:
Subliminal — סאבלימינל
First line:
Hatzel: ani shelagar eskimo limon, hana ani bo, tanu bepaamon hashemiakh haadom,
First line:
הצל: אני שלאגר אסקימו לימון, הנה אני בא תנו בפעמון השטיח האדום,
Language:
Hebrew/English
Style:
Israeli/Rap
Length:
4:09

Hatzel Metziyon — הצל מציון

Also known as:
The Excellent Shadow
Author:
Subliminal — סאבלימינל
Genre:
Israeli
Origin:
ALB S-144(a)
On album:
S-144(a) (Subliminal The Light and the Shadow — סאבלימינל האור והצל)
Track ID:
34748
Language:
Hebrew/English
Style:
Israeli/Rap
Length:
0:57

Lo Tatzlichu La'atzor Oti — לא תצליחו לעצור אותי

Also known as:
You Will Not Succeed in Collecting Me
Author:
Subliminal — סאבלימינל
Genre:
Israeli
Origin:
ALB S-144(a)
On album:
S-144(a) (Subliminal The Light and the Shadow — סאבלימינל האור והצל)
Track ID:
34749
Vocal:
Subliminal — סאבלימינל
First line:
Lo titzlihu leatzur oti, lishkhok oti lishbor oti, ligmor oti, al tenasu...
First line:
לא תצליחו לעצור אותי לשחוק אותי, לשבור אותי לגמור אותי, אל תנסו לעמור בדרכי,
Language:
Hebrew/English
Style:
Israeli/Rap
Length:
4:03

Shomu Shamaim — שומו שמיים (הארכיון)

Also known as:
Heavens Bear Witness
Also known as:
The Archive
Author:
Subliminal — סאבלימינל
Genre:
Israeli
Origin:
ALB S-144(a)
On album:
S-144(a) (Subliminal The Light and the Shadow — סאבלימינל האור והצל)
Track ID:
34750
Language:
Hebrew/English
Style:
Israeli/Rap
Length:
2:50

Hatzir — הציר

Also known as:
The Envoy
Author:
Subliminal — סאבלימינל
Genre:
Israeli
Origin:
ALB S-144(a)
On album:
S-144(a) (Subliminal The Light and the Shadow — סאבלימינל האור והצל)
Track ID:
34751
Vocal:
Subliminal — סאבלימינל
First line:
Lo tzoakim li FREEZE ki ani yoter talek megariz, roim oti betelevizia,
First line:
לא צועקים לי כי אני יותר חלק מגריז, רואים אותי בטלוויזיה מתפוצץ כמו חזיז,
Language:
Hebrew/English
Style:
Israeli/Rap
Length:
4:33

Yeled Rechov — ילד רחוב

Also known as:
Street Kid
Author:
Subliminal — סאבלימינל
Genre:
Israeli
Origin:
ALB S-144(a)
On album:
S-144(a) (Subliminal The Light and the Shadow — סאבלימינל האור והצל)
Track ID:
34752
Vocal:
Subliminal — סאבלימינל
First line:
Zeh sipur al yeled rakhok shelo lamad leahov, lamad rak lelekhet mekhot, lignov,
First line:
זה סיפור על ילד רחוב שלא למד לאהוב, למד רק ללכת מכות לגנוב כי אין כבר אמשים...
Language:
Hebrew/English
Style:
Israeli/Rap
Length:
5:19

Tikvah — תקווה

Also known as:
Hope
Author:
Subliminal — סאבלימינל
Composer:
Kukurba, Tomasz
Genre:
Israeli
Origin:
ALB S-144(a)
On album:
S-144(a) (Subliminal The Light and the Shadow — סאבלימינל האור והצל)
Track ID:
34753
Vocal:
Subliminal — סאבלימינל
First line:
Ani raiti kama hem halkhu, yoter medai mehem lo khazru, haverim nefradu batim...
First line:
אני ראיתי כמה הם בלכו, יותר מדי מהם לא חזרו, חברים נפרדו בתים נשברו,
Language:
Hebrew/English
Style:
Israeli/Rap
Length:
3:56

Ha'or Vehatzel — האור והצל

Also known as:
The Light and the Shadow
Author:
Subliminal — סאבלימינל
Genre:
Israeli
Origin:
ALB S-144(a)
On album:
S-144(a) (Subliminal The Light and the Shadow — סאבלימינל האור והצל)
Track ID:
34754
Vocal:
Subliminal — סאבלימינל
First line:
Velefamim hakhagiga nigmeret, sogrim et haorot, ekh hatikvah nisheret,
First line:
ולפעמים החגיגה נגמרת, סוגרים את האורות אך התקווה נשארת,
Language:
Hebrew/English
Style:
Israeli/Rap
Length:
6:19

A Pastekhl (Variant) — (אַ פּאַסטעכל (וואַריאַנט

Genre:
Folk/Multilingual/Metaphor/Allegory
Subject:
Shepherd/Sheep/Lost/Horns/Hooves/God/Exile/Lament/Bones
Transliteration:
Alb M-095(c)
Translation:
Alb M-095(c)
Additional song notes:
A Shepherd (Additional lyrics by Dmitri Slepovitch
On album:
M-095(c) (Minsker Kapelye/Tutejsi/Di Ortike/The Locals — מינסקער קאַפּעליע\ די אָרטיקע)
Track ID:
36179
Cello:
Kharchanka, Hanna
Belarusian Alto Cymbalon:
Kukel, Tatsiana
Vocal/Bb Clarinet:
Slepovitch, Dmitri
First line:
Iz geven amol a pastekhl, a pastekhl, iz ba im farlorn gegangen a shefele,...
First line:
איז געװען אַ מאָל אַ פּאַסטעכל, אַ פּאַסטעכל, איז באַ אים פֿאַרלאָרן...
Language:
Yiddish/Ukranian
Style:
Klezmer/Concert/Rap/Reggae
Length:
8:08

A Pastekhl (Variant, Video) — (אַ פּאַסטעכל (וואַריאַנט

Genre:
Folk/Multilingual/Metaphor/Allegory
Subject:
Shepherd/Sheep/Lost/Horns/Hooves/God/Exile/Lament/Bones
Transliteration:
Alb M-095(c)
Translation:
Alb M-095(c)
Additional song notes:
A Shepherd (Additional lyrics by Dmitri Slepovitch
On album:
V0229 (Dmitri Slepovitch & Friends live at Baruch Performing Arts Center June 15, 2010 (Video))
Track ID:
36366
Flute/Vocal/Arrangement/Poyk:
Slepovitch, Dmitri
Violin:
Alpert, Michael — אַלפּערט, מישקע
Cimbolim:
Rushefsky, Pete — רושעפֿסקי, פּינחס
Bass:
Bergren-Chrisman, Taylor
First line:
Iz geven amol a pastekhl, a pastekhl, iz ba im farlorn gegangen a shefele,...
First line:
איז געװען אַ מאָל אַ פּאַסטעכל, אַ פּאַסטעכל, איז באַ אים פֿאַרלאָרן...
Language:
Yiddish/Ukranian
Style:
Klezmer/Concert/Rap/Reggae

Vos Iz A Doyne — וואָס איז אָ דוינע

Author:
Chorny, Efim — טשאָרני, עפֿים
Composer:
Klezmer Alliance
Genre:
Literary Origin/Neo Klezmer/Hip Hop (?)/Hard Rock(?)/Concert
Subject:
Essentially Jewish/Dances/Lyrics/Girls/Wheels/Blessings
Origin:
Alb K-111(a)
Transliteration:
Alb K-111(a)
Translation:
Alb K-111(a)
Additional song notes:
What Iz a Doyna?
On album:
K-111(a) (Klezmer Alliance / Mir Besaraber — מיר בעסעראַבער)
Track ID:
42047
Vocal:
Chorny, Efim — טשאָרני, עפֿים
Double Bass:
Fritze, Thomas
Artist:
Klezmer Alliance
Piano:
Ghergus, Susan
Drums:
Schalom, Guy
Guitar/Mandolin:
Schmitges, Andreas
Bb & C Clarinets/Flutes (Moldavian Flutes):
Spehl, Bernd
First line:
Yidishe lider, yidishe erter, yidishe beymer, yidishe bleter, yidishe tate,…
First line (Yiddish):
ייִדישע לידער, ייִדישע ווערטער, ייִדישע פלעצער, ייִדישע ערטער, ייִדישע טאַטע,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Rock/Concert/Rap
Length:
4:41