Albums
Moving Mountains/ Montreal Yiddish Theater in the USSR (Video)
- Album ID:
- V0280
- Publisher:
- Maximage Aproductions
- Date of issuance:
- 1990
- Playing time:
- 28:00
- Language:
- English
- Provenance:
- Anonymous Donor
- Genre:
- Documentary/Identity/Memory/
- Where produced:
- USSR
- Number of tracks:
- 1
- Penn library link:
- in process Katyia Dec 21, 2012
Songs
Vos Mir Zaynen — װאָס מיר זײַנען
- Genre:
- Folk
- Subject:
- Identity/Yiddish/Israel
- Origin:
- Alb G-018(a)
- Transliteration:
- Alb G-018(a)
- Translation:
- Alb G-018(a)
- Additional song notes:
- Alb G-0018(a) and Brounoff are similar songs - traveling motifs
Recording
- On album:
- G-019(a) (I Love Yiddish Emmanuel S. Goldsmith — איך האָב ליב ייִדיש)
- Track ID:
- 20012
- Vocal:
- Goldsmith, Emmanuel S.
- First line:
- Vos mir zaynen, zaynen mir, ober yidn zaynen mir, vos mir...
- First line:
- װאָס מיר זײַנען, זײַנען מיר, אָבער ייִדן זײַנען מיר, װאָס מיר רעדן..
Yiddishkeyt — ייִדישקײט
- Author:
- Rubintshik, Yisroel — רובינטשיק, ישׂראל
- Composer:
- Alexander, Uria — אַלעקסאַנדער, אוריה
- Genre:
- Theater
- Subject:
- Memory/Identity/Survival/Continuity
Recordings
- On album:
- L-002(f) (Aaron Lebedeff Sings Fourteen Yiddish Favorites - Volume 2)
- Track ID:
- 17523
- Vocal:
- Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן
- On album:
- B-038(a) (Bodo Yiddishkeit — בודו ייִדישקײַט)
- Track ID:
- 17524
- Author:
- Rubintshik, Yisroel — רובינטשיק, ישׂראל
- Composer:
- Alexander, Uria — אַלעקסאַנדער, אוריה
- Vocal:
- Bodo, Yakov — בודו, יעקבֿ
- Arranger/Conductor:
- Alexander, Uria — אַלעקסאַנדער, אוריה
- First line:
- Ven ikh bin geven a kind in unheyb fun mayn lebn,
- First line:
- װען איך בין געװען אַ קינד אין אָונהײב פֿון מײַן לעבן,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Yiddish (Kiger) — ייִדיש (קיגער)
- Author:
- Kiger, Kehost — קיגער, קעהאָסט
- Composer:
- Bogdanski, Majer — באָגדאַנסקי, מאיר
- Genre:
- Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Language/Identity/Yiddish
- Origin:
- Bogdanski 2 100
- Transliteration:
- Bogdanski 2 064
- Translation:
- Bogdanski 2 100
- Music:
- Bogdanski 2 064
Recordings
- On album:
- B-090(f) (Majer Bogdanski / Songs From Cassette 3 of 11 (B))
- Track ID:
- 32062
- Vocal:
- Bogdanski, Majer — באָגדאַנסקי, מאיר
- First line:
- Ikh leyn yidish, shrayb yidish, red yidish, oyf yidish bet ikh…
- First line (Yiddish):
- איך ליין ייִדיש, שרײַב ייִדיש, רעד ייִדיש, אוף ייִדיש בעט איך…
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Acapella/Folk
- On album:
- B-090(a) (Majer Bogdanski / Songs From Cassette 1 of 11 (A))
- Track ID:
- 31934
- Vocal:
- Bogdanski, Majer — באָגדאַנסקי, מאיר
- First line:
- Ikh leyn yidish, shrayb yidish, red yidish, oyf yidish bet ikh…
- First line (Yiddish):
- איך ליין ייִדיש, שרײַב ייִדיש, רעד ייִדיש, אוף ייִדיש בעט איך...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Acapella/Folk
Mamediker — מאַמעדיקער
- Author:
- Katz, Menke — קאַץ, מענקע
- Composer:
- Bogdanski, Majer — באָגדאַנסקי, מאיר
- Genre:
- Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Language/Yiddish/Identity/River
- Origin:
- Bogdanski 1 89
- Transliteration:
- Bogdanski 1 61
- Music:
- Bogdanski 1 61
Recording
- On album:
- B-090(c) (Majer Bogdanski / Songs From Cassette 2 of 11 (A))
- Track ID:
- 31994
- Vocal:
- Bogdanski, Majer — באָגדאַנסקי, מאיר
- First line:
- Vos iz mame mamediker fun ale shprakhn, vos iz mame shener fun ale yamen,
- First line (Yiddish):
- וואָס איז מאַמע מאַמעדיקער פֿון אַלע שפּראַכן? וואָס איז מאַמע שענער פֿון אַלע ימען?
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Acapella/Folk
- Length:
- 2:16
A Shvartse Nakht In Droysn — אַ שוואַרצע נאַכט אין דרויסן
- Author:
- Lev, Avrom — לעוו, אַבֿרהם
- Composer:
- Bogdanski, Majer — באָגדאַנסקי, מאיר
- Genre:
- Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Night/Outdoors/Indoors/Comfort/Reflection/Language/Identity
Recording
- On album:
- B-090(h) (Majer Bogdanski / Songs From Cassette 4 of 11 (B))
- Track ID:
- 32174
- Vocal:
- Bogdanski, Majer — באָגדאַנסקי, מאיר
- First line:
- A shvartse nakht in droysn, der tsimer ful mit likht, in blumen bekher royzn,
- First line (Yiddish):
- אַ שוואַרצע נאַכט און דרויסן, דער צימער פֿול מיט ליכט, אין בלומן בעכער רויזן,
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Acapella/Folk
- Length:
- 2:59
Brider Fun Yener Tsayt — ברידער פֿון יענער צײַט
- Author:
- Breuer, Hans — ברוער, האַנס
- Composer:
- Breuer, Hans — ברוער, האַנס
- Subject:
- Connections/Identity/Khasidim/Curiousity/Relationship
- Transliteration:
- Breuer 9
- Translation:
- Breuer 10
- Music:
- Breuer 9
Recording
- On album:
- B-092(a) (WanDerRer/ Zinglider/ Hans Breuer — זינגלידער)
- Track ID:
- 32151
- Vocal:
- Breuer, Hans — ברוער, האַנס
- Guitar:
- Coskun, Barcu
- Arranger:
- WanDeRer
- First line:
- Oyf tsurikvegs in di blekhene sherenge gekumen,
- First line (Yiddish):
- אויף צורירוועגס אין די שערענגענע געקומען,
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Folk
- Length:
- 4:23
Mayn Yidish Loshn — מײַן ייִדיש לשן
- Author:
- Ratner, Ktsie — ראַטנער, קציעה
- Composer:
- Bogdanski, Majer — באָגדאַנסקי, מאיר
- Genre:
- Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Language/Yiddish/Identity/Music
- Origin:
- Bogdanski 1 90
- Transliteration:
- Bogdanski 1 64
- Music:
- Bogdanski 1 64
Recording
- On album:
- B-090(s) (Majer Bogdanski / Songs From Cassette 10 of 11 (A))
- Track ID:
- 32386
- Vocal:
- Bogdanski, Majer — באָגדאַנסקי, מאיר
- First line:
- Es iz mir lib mayn yidish loshn, es iz mir nont vi a mame,
- First line (Yiddish):
- עס איז מיר ליב מײַן ייִדיש לשון, עס טיז מיר נאָנט ווי אַ מאַמע,
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Acapella/Folk
- Length:
- 4:00
Lid — ליד
- Author:
- Manger, Itzik — מאַנגער, איציק
- Genre:
- Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Identity/Meaning/Memory/
- Origin:
- Manger 425
Recording
- On album:
- B-047(d)2 (Jossef Buloff On Stage/ CD 2 — יוסף בולאָף אויף דער בינע סי די 2)
- Track ID:
- 33095
- Vocal:
- Buloff, Joseph — בולאָף, יוסף
- First line:
- Di kvorim blien, un di feygl flien, an alter yidish tam mit a bittern gram,
- First line (Yiddish):
- די קברים בליִען און די פֿייגל פֿליִען, אַן אַלטער ייִדישער גראַם,
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Spoken Word
- Length:
- 2:05
Kh'hob Zikh Yorn Gevalgert — כ'האָב זיך יאָרן געװאַלגערט
- Author:
- Manger, Itzik — מאַנגער, איציק
- Genre:
- Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Wanderer/Alienation/Home/Israel/Dust/Poverty/Self/Identity
- Origin:
- Manger 486/Vinkov 7 170/Sh Sh 423/Alb C-060((a)
- Transliteration:
- Vinkov 7 170
- Translation:
- Jaffe 42/Penguin YID 590/Vinkov 7 172/Sh Sh 420/Alb C-060((a)
- Additional song notes:
- I Wandered For Years
From "Sonatn Far Mayn Bruder Nete" (Sonnets For My Brother Nete)
Recordings
- On album:
- M-003(a) (Itzik Manger Read by the Author — איציק מאַנגער לײנט איציק מאַנגער)
- Track ID:
- 7978
- Vocal:
- Manger, Itzik — מאַנגער, איציק
- First line:
- Kh'hob zikh yorn gevalgert in der fremd,
- First line (Yiddish):
- כ'האָב זיך יאָרן געװאַלגערט אין דער פֿרעמד,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Spoken Word
- On album:
- G-104(a) (Shura Greenhoyz-Turkov Recites Itzik Manger Poems and Ballads — שורא גרינהויז־טורקאָוו לייענט איזיק מאַנגער ליד און באַלאַדע)
- Track ID:
- 35362
- Vocal:
- Greenhoyz-Turkov, Shura — גרינהויז־טורקאָוו, שורא
- First line:
- Kh'hob zikh yorn gevalgert in der fremd,
- First line (Yiddish):
- כ'האָב זיך יאָרן געװאַלגערט אין דער פֿרעמד,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Spoken Word
- Length:
- 3:00
- On album:
- C-060(a) (Mendy Cahan and Der Yiddish Express/ Yiddish Fever — מענדי קאַהן און דער ייִדיש־עקספּרעס\ ייִדעש פֿיבור)
- Track ID:
- 41808
- Bass Guitar/Arramgements:
- Segal, Yankele
- Classical Guitar:
- Ofer, Ben-Zion
- Vocal/Trumpet:
- Cahan, Mendy
- Violin/Mandolin:
- Kunesh, Dirk
- Classical Guitar:
- Mader, Adam
- Artist:
- Der Yiddish Express
- First line:
- Kh'hob zikh yorn gevalgert in der fremd, itst for ikh zikh valgern in der heym,
- First line (Yiddish):
- כ'האָב זיך יאָרן געװאַלגערט אין דער פֿרעמד, איצט פֿאָר איך זיך וואַלגערן אין
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Recicitive/Concert/Tango
- Length:
- 4:06
David Ben-Gurion / Speech 1962
- Genre:
- Polemic/Historical
- Subject:
- Identity/People/State/Loyalty/Immigration/Return/Redemption/
Recording
- On album:
- G-025(b) (David Ben-Gurion / Speech 1962)
- Track ID:
- 33133
- Vocal:
- Ben-Gurion, David
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Spoken Word
- Length:
- 5:59
Rachel Quand Du Seigneur
- Also known as:
- Aria "Rachel"
- Author:
- Halevy, Jacques Fromental
- Genre:
- Classical/Operatic/Lament/Tragedy
- Subject:
- Identity/Persecuation/Sentence/Death/Irony
Recordings
- On album:
- B-056(a) (Jacob Barkin with orchestra A Concert of Jewish Music)
- Track ID:
- 12571
- Vocal:
- Barkin, Cantor Jacob — באַרקין, חזן יעקבֿ
- Artist:
- National Symphony Orch
- Conductor:
- Mitchell, Howard, cond
- First line:
- Rachel, quand du Seigneur la grâce tutélaire. A mes tremblantes…
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- From La Juive, Style like Jussi Björling, Yiddish-influenced pronounciations.
- Language:
- French
- Style:
- Concert
- On album:
- B-056(b) (Halevi Choral Society/Orch Hall Concert Jacob Barkin, Tenor)
- Track ID:
- 12572
- Vocal:
- Barkin, Cantor Jacob — באַרקין, חזן יעקבֿ
- Vocal:
- Halevi Choral Society
- Conductor:
- Reznick, Hyman, cond
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- From La Juive
- Language:
- French
- Style:
- Concert
- On album:
- C-040(a) (Cantors In Yiddish/Arias, Opereta, Folk Songs & Chassidic... — חזנים זינגען אױף ייִדיש)
- Track ID:
- 27481
- Vocal:
- Koussevitzky, Cantor Moyshe — קאָוסעװיצקי, חזן משה
- First line:
- Du bist mayn treyst geshikt tsu mir fun himl,
- First line (Yiddish):
- דו ביסט מײַן טרײסט געשיקט צו מיר פֿון הימל,
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert
- On album:
- C-040(a) (Cantors In Yiddish/Arias, Opereta, Folk Songs & Chassidic... — חזנים זינגען אױף ייִדיש)
- Track ID:
- 27571
- Vocalist:
- Shlisky, Khazn Joseph — שליסקי, חזן יוסף
- First line:
- Rukhl, der got hot mikh...mir gegeben, un zog mayn harts...
- First line (Yiddish):
- רחל, דער גאָט האָט מיך...מיר געגעבן, און זאָג מײַן האַרץ...
- Track comment:
- Text different from that sung by Koussevitsky
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert
- On album:
- D-004(q) (Arias and Songs of Love/Louis Danto, Tenor/ With the Prague State Opera Orchestra)
- Track ID:
- 33254
- Vocal:
- Danto, Cantor Louis — דאַנטאָ, חזן לואיס
- Artist:
- Prague State Opera Orchestra
- Conductor:
- Philippe, Michael
- Audio:
- Judaica Sound Archives at FAU Libraries
- Language:
- French
- Style:
- Concert
- Length:
- 5:21
The Life And Times Of Hank Greenberg
- Genre:
- Film/Biography/Documentary
- Subject:
- Baseball/Anti Semitism/Identity/Sport/Detroit Tigers/
Thank God I'm A Jewish Boy
- Author:
- Lieberman, Allan
- Genre:
- Parody/Humor
- Subject:
- Instrucional/Identity/Observance/Food/Holidays/Hebrew School
- Additional song notes:
- Parody of Thank God I'm A Country Boy"
Recording
- On album:
- N-031(a) (Now That Sounds Kosher)
- Track ID:
- 33804
- Vocal:
- Lieberman, Allan
- First line:
- When I was a lad I went to Hebrew school, I learned about the Torah…
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Country Western
- Length:
- 1:22
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
A Jew At Christmas
- Genre:
- Parody/Pop
- Subject:
- Christmas/Chanukah/Chinese Food/Identity/Santa Claus
- Additional song notes:
- Parady of "I'ts Good To Be Home on Christmas Day"
- Related information in folder 803:
- Comments:
- 1. 1. Text of "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" by Johnny Mathis, which is parodied in "A Jew At Christmas."
Recording
- On album:
- N-031(a) (Now That Sounds Kosher)
- Track ID:
- 33817
- Vocal:
- What I Like About Jew
- First line:
- I've never known the giddy joys of other Christmas girls and boys, I never sat..
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Pop
- Length:
- 2:04
Ride 'Em Jewboy
- Author:
- Friedman, Kinky
- Genre:
- Country
- Subject:
- Jews/Holocaust/Diaspora/Identity/Memory
- Origin:
- Ephemera 1491
- Related information in folder 821:
- Comments:
- 1. Text of Ride 'Em Jewboy from internet.
Recordings
- On album:
- K-098(b) (The Best of Kinky Friedman)
- Track ID:
- 33892
- Vocal:
- Friedman, Kinky
- Back-up Vocals and Instrumentals:
- Texas Jewboys
- First line:
- Ride, ride 'em Jewboy, right 'em all aound the old corral
- Language:
- Language
- On album:
- K-098(a) (Live From Austin Texas Kinky Friedman)
- Track ID:
- 33875
- Vocals, Acoustic Guitar:
- Friedman, Kinky
- Piano, Accordion, Saxes, Vocals:
- Shelby, Jeff "Jewford"
- Saxes, Piano, Tambourine, Vocals:
- Jacobs, Ken "Snakebite"
- Lead Guitar:
- Culpepper,Thomas "Wichita"
- Bass, Vocals:
- Adam, Skycab
- Drums:
- Boles, "BB" Buster (Major)
- First line:
- Ooh(10x). Ride, ride 'em Jewboy
- Language:
- English
Yiddish Folksingers/Miami Beach (Video)
- Author:
- Saxe, Joel
- Genre:
- Documentary/Video
- Subject:
- Songs/Community/Place/Miami Beach/Memory/Culture/Identity
- Additional song notes:
- Video produced, directed, filmed and edited by Joel Saxe. See Jacket for Album V0044/Draft of Essay by Joel Saxe prepared for academic degree.
Tehillim Ketanim — תהילים קטנים
- Also known as:
- Psalms
- Author:
- Levitan, Nadav — לויתן, נדב
- Genre:
- Israeli/Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Identity/Change/Religion/Charity
- Origin:
- Alb A-001(p)
- Translation:
- Alb A-001(p)
- Additional song notes:
- Psalms
Recording
- On album:
- A-001(p) (Chava Alberstein / End of the Holiday/ Motzi Khag — חוה אלברשטיין \ מוצאי חג)
- Track ID:
- 34888
- Drums/Percussion:
- Agababa, Avi — אגבבה, אבי
- Bass/Acoustic Guitar:
- Efrat, Ovad — אפרת, עובד
- Classical, Acoustic Guitar, Back Vocals:
- Alberstein, Chava — אַלבערשטײַן, חוה
- Guitars:
- Hadani, Amos — הדני, עמוס
- Woodwind:
- Sela, Eyal — סלע, איל
- Accordion:
- Yishay, Sheffi — ישי, שפי
- Guitar & Vocals:
- Sakharof, Berry — סחרוף, ברי
- Synthesizer:
- Bachar, Yaron — בכר, ירון
- First line:
- Rak etmol hayta bat-beit bepub haze leyhage bekol a chaveroteha, legama alcohol
- First line (Hebrew):
- רק אתמול היתה בת-בית בפאב הזה ליהגה בקול עם חברותיה, לגמה אלכוהול
- Language:
- Hebrew
- Style:
- Pop
- Length:
- 4:38
Ride 'Em Jewboy (Video)
- Author:
- Friedman, Kinky
- Genre:
- Country
- Subject:
- Jews/Holocaust/Diaspora/Identity/Memory
It's Shocking to Discover
- Author:
- Hedaya, Gladys
- Author:
- Gewirtz, Shimon
- Composer:
- Hedaya, Gladys
- Genre:
- Pop Musical /Biblical
- Subject:
- Book of Ruth/Memory/Identity/Mixed arriage/Bethlehem/Return
- Additional song notes:
- Based on the Book of Ruth/Biblical
Recording
- On album:
- E-002(b) (Your People Are Mine / A Pop Musical Based on the Book of Ruth)
- Track ID:
- 41842
- Vocal:
- Howden, Steven
- Vocal:
- Schotz, Amiel
- Vocal:
- Ziff, Daniel
- First line:
- It's shocking to discover that you're predudiced dad, don't we think you know…
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Pop
- Length:
- 1:49
Mother Sweet Naomi
- Author:
- Hedaya, Gladys
- Author:
- Gewirtz, Shimon
- Composer:
- Hedaya, Gladys
- Genre:
- Pop Musical
- Subject:
- Biblical/Naomi/Mother/Sons/Identity/Faith/Acceptance/Rituals
- Additional song notes:
- Based on the Book of Ruth
Recording
- On album:
- E-002(b) (Your People Are Mine / A Pop Musical Based on the Book of Ruth)
- Track ID:
- 41843
- Vocal:
- Howden, Steven
- Vocal:
- Schotz, Amiel
- First line:
- Mother, sweet naomi, mother, you've no cause to fear, for the good things…
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Pop/Waltz
- Length:
- 1:35
A Yiddish World Remembered
- Author:
- Goldberg, Andrew
- Genre:
- Documentary/Historical/Talking Heads
- Subject:
- Yiddish/Identity/Assimilation/
Just Too Jew For You
- Author:
- Altman, Sean
- Author:
- Altman, Sean
- Composer:
- Altman, Sean
- Composer:
- Altman, Sean
- Genre:
- Punk Rock/Bawdy/Raunchy
- Subject:
- Stereotype/Mismatch/Wasp/Ethnicity/Identity
- Origin:
- Ephemera 1081
Recording
- On album:
- U-088(b)
- Track ID:
- 36136
- Vocal/Guitar:
- Altman, Sean
- Guitar/Bass/Drum Programming/Keyboards:
- Spurney, Jon
- First line:
- Roll over here to my side of the bed, it's been a year - who knows where we're..
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Pop/NoveltyPunk Rock
- Length:
- 4:08
It's Good To Be A Jew At Christmas
- Author:
- Tannenbaum, Rob
- Composer:
- Tannenbaum, Rob
- Genre:
- Novelty/Parody
- Subject:
- Christmas/Identity/Food/Hanukah/Comparison
- Origin:
- Ephemera 1101
Recording
- On album:
- U-008(a) (What I Like About Jew/ Unorthodox/ Songs by Sean Altman and Rob Tannenbaum)
- Track ID:
- 36307
- Vocal/Glock/Mouth Trumpet:
- Altman, Sean
- Drums:
- Kennedy, Miles
- Guitar:
- Caffrey, Mike
- First line:
- I've never known the giddy joys of other Christmas girls and boys, I never sat..
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Pop/Novelty/Parody/Fox Trot
- Length:
- 2:03
Birnbaum Memorial / Ikh Hob A Gelibter — איך האָב אַ געליבטער
- Author:
- Birnbaum, Martin — ביררנבוים, מאַרטין
- Genre:
- Literary origin / Spoken Word / Field Recording
- Subject:
- Yiddish/Constant Gift/Being/Identity/Consolation/
- Origin:
- LFHUN 20
- Additional song notes:
- I have A Lover
Recording
- On album:
- B-138(a) (Martin Birenbaum / Memorial Service / Disk 1)
- Track ID:
- 36642
- First line:
- Ikh hob a gelibte shoyn lang, zeyer lang! Git zi mir yedn tog a geshank.
- First line (Yiddish):
- איך האָב אַ געליבטע שוין לאַנג, זייער לאַנג! גיט זי מיר יעדן טאָג אַ געשאַנק.
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Spoken Word
- Length:
- 3:25
Santa Claus Is Jewish
- Author:
- Goodman, Fred
- Composer:
- Pierpont, James Lloyd
- Genre:
- Pop/Humorous/Parody/Jazz
- Subject:
- Santa Claus/Identity/Rabbi/Shabos/Observance/Reindeer/Kosher
- Additional song notes:
- To the melody of Jingle Bells
Recording
- On album:
- F-072(a) (Freddy & The Floy Boys/ Kvetch 22)
- Track ID:
- 36972
- Artist:
- Froy Boys
- Vocal:
- Freddy
- First line:
- I think Santa Claus is Jewish, go ahead and call me weird, but he looks just…
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Pop/Novelty/Parody/Soft Rock
- Length:
- 03:31
Moving Mountains
- Genre:
- Documentary/Theater
- Subject:
- Identity/Theater/Memory
- Additional song notes:
- Montreal Yiddish Theater in the USSR
Recordings
- On album:
- V0277 (Jewish Americans Part 1 (Video))
- Track ID:
- 37407
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Documentary
- Length:
- 28:00
- On album:
- V0280 (Moving Mountains/ Montreal Yiddish Theater in the USSR (Video))
- Track ID:
- 37408
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Documentary/Spoken Word
- Length:
- 28:00
Moving Mountains (Video)
- Genre:
- Documentary
- Subject:
- Memory/Identity/Theater
- Additional song notes:
- Montreal Yiddish Theater in the USSR
You Are Never Alone
- Genre:
- Hip Hop
- Subject:
- Identity / Stars
Recording
- On album:
- R-082(a) (Rooftops Roots / A JDUB MIXTAPE Vol II)
- Track ID:
- 38260
- Language:
- English
- Length:
- 4:30
Four Corners
- Author:
- Taubman, Craig
- Composer:
- Taubman, Craig
- Genre:
- Children/Pop
- Subject:
- Jews/Diversity/Language/Foods/Clothes/Unity/Identity
- Origin:
- Ephemra 1386
Recording
- On album:
- T-069(a) (Craig Taubman / My Newish Jewish Discovery)
- Track ID:
- 39696
- Vocal:
- Taubman, Craig
- First line:
- They come from Minsk, Pinsk, Prague and Hague, Cologne and Bologne, Babylon,
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Ecclectic/Pop
Kh'hob Zikh Yorn Gevalgert (Piazolla) — כ'האָב זיך יאָרן געװאַלגערט (פיאַזאָלאַ)
- Author:
- Manger, Itzik — מאַנגער, איציק
- Composer:
- Piazzolla, Astor
- Genre:
- Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Wanderer/Alienation/Home/Israel/Dust/Poverty/Self/Identity
- Origin:
- Manger 486/Vinkov 7 170/Sh Sh 423/Alb C-060((a)
- Transliteration:
- Vinkov 7 170
- Translation:
- Jaffe 42/Penguin YID 590/Vinkov 7 172/Sh Sh 420/Alb C-060((a)
- Additional song notes:
- Melody to Tango Apasonato by Piazolla
Some Things Are Just The Same
- Author:
- Mrocki, Freydi
- Composer:
- Brown, B.
- Composer:
- Johnson, W.
- Genre:
- Vaudville/Musicic Hall/Parody
- Subject:
- Identity/Australia/Memory/Tradition/Place/Constancy/Home
- Origin:
- Alb K-026(k)2
- Additional song notes:
- Parody of "Give Me A Home Among The Gum Trees
Recording
- On album:
- K-026(k)2 (Klezmania/The Black Cat/Di Shvartse Kats — די שוואַרצע קאַץ)
- Track ID:
- 42231
- Clarinet/Guitar/Backup Vocal:
- Myrocki, Lionel
- Bayan:
- Breytman, David
- Double Bass/Vocal/Guitar/Harmonica:
- Krycer, David
- Vocal/Percussion:
- Mrocki, Freydi
- Arrangement:
- Klezmania
- First line:
- Well, I've been around Australia a couple of times or maybe more from outback…
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Concert/Vaudeville/Music Hall
- Length:
- 1:12
Men Ruft Mikh Milyon — מען רופֿט מיך מיליאָן
- Author:
- Kaczerginski, Shmerke — קאַטשערגינסקי, שמערקע
- Composer:
- Botwinik, David — באָטװיניק, דוד
- Genre:
- Holocaust
- Subject:
- Name/Identity/Number/Surviviors/Dead/Obligation
- Origin:
- Alb W-062(a)/Botwinik 57
- Transliteration:
- Alb W-062(a)/Botwinik 57
- Translation:
- Alb W-062(a)/Botwinik 58
- Music:
- Botwinik 59
- Additional song notes:
- I Am Called Million
Recording
- On album:
- W-062(a) (From Holocaust to Life/ Lisa Willson Soprano/Music by David Botwinik — פֿון חורבן צום לעבן)
- Track ID:
- 42444
- Vocal:
- DeNolfo, Ian
- Piano:
- Willson, Lisa
- First line:
- Bakant aykh gevezn a mol iz mayn nomen, nit fregt itst ver ikh bin, nit fregt…
- First line (Yiddish):
- באַקאָנט אײַך געוועזן אַ מאָל איז מײַן נאָמען, ניט פֿרעגט איצט ווער איך בין,...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert
- Length:
- 4:15
Everything Is Illuminated (Video)
- Genre:
- Film
- Subject:
- Memory/Travel/Identity/Cultures/Ukraine
- Additional song notes:
- Adapted from Jonathan Foer's Novel
Tayne Nit — טײַנע ניט
- Genre:
- Theater
- Subject:
- Woman/Expense/Choice/Complain/Identity/Mistake/Don't Worry
- Transliteration:
- Alb L-106(a)
- Translation:
- Alb L-106(a)
- Additional song notes:
- "Don't Whine" from "Titus"
Recording
- On album:
- L-006(a) (Soyna Lizaron In Joy And Sorrow 13 Yiddish Songs — סאניא ליזרון אין פֿרײד און אומעט... 13 ייִדישע לידער)
- Track ID:
- 42844
- Vocal:
- Smulewitz, Solomon — שמוליװטש, שלמה
- First line:
- Eyner libt a fro, der tveyter libt zi zo, er shrayt zi muz nor mayne zayn, der tveyter taynit neyn, zi muz dort fun ..
- First line (Yiddish):
- איינער ליבט אַ פֿראָ, דער צוויטער ליבט זי זאָ, ער שרײַט זי מוז נאָר מײַנע זײַן, דער צווייטער טײַניט ניין, זי מוז פֿון מיר. .
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert
- Length:
- 2:23
Di Balade Fun Di Shabos Likht — די באַלאַדע פֿון די שבּת ליכט
- Author:
- Manger, Itzik — מאַנגער, איציק
- Composer:
- Beer, Helen
- Genre:
- Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Monk/Inquisition/Conversion/Faith/Identity/Fire/Martyrdom
- Origin:
- Alb M-003(i)/Alb G-019(a)/Manger 3
- Transliteration:
- Alb M-003(i)/Alb G-019(a)
- Translation:
- Alb M-003(i)/Alb G-019(a)
Recordings
- On album:
- G-019(a) (I Love Yiddish Emmanuel S. Goldsmith — איך האָב ליב ייִדיש)
- Track ID:
- 19990
- Vocal:
- Goldsmith, Emmanuel S.
- First line:
- Shteyt der monakh in fistern tsel un dayn oygn brenen,
- First line (Yiddish):
- שטײט דער מאָנאַך אין פֿינסטערן צעל און זײַנע אױגן ברענען --
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Spoken Word
- On album:
- M-003(i) (Manger Ballads / Aviv Livnat/ Helen Beer/ Arik Livnat)
- Track ID:
- 33683
- Saxaphones/Flutes/Shofar/Keyboards/Percussion/Arranger:
- Livnat, Arik
- Guitars/Vocals/Bass/Keyboards/Percussion/Arranger:
- Livnat, Aviv
- Vocals/Percussion:
- Beer, Helen
- First line:
- Shteyt der monakh in fistern tsel un dayn oygn brenen,
- First line (Yiddish):
- שטײט דער מאָנאַך אין פֿינסטערן צעל און זײַנע אױגן ברענען --
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Klezmer/Jazz
- Length:
- 4:22
Di Mayers Un Di Shnayers — די מאירס און די שניאורס
- Also known as:
- Di Yorshim
- Author:
- Sholom Aleichem — שלום עליכם
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Humorous
- Subject:
- Twins/Conflict/Identity/Honors/Reb Yosifl/Arbitration/Beards
- Translation:
- Ale Samuel 102
Recordings
- On album:
- G-012(f) (Herts Grosbard 6 Readings from stories...by Sholem Aleichem — הערץ גראָסבאַרט 6 װאָרט קאָנצערט מעשׂיות...פֿון שלום אליכם)
- Track ID:
- 19273
- Vocal:
- Grosbard, Hertz — גראָסבאַרד, הערץ
- First line:
- Di mayers mit di shnayers. Eygentlikh zenen dokh geven nor..
- First line (Yiddish):
- די מאירס מיט די שניאורס. אײגענטליך זענען דאָך געװען נאָר אײן..
- Track comment:
- Recorded under title "Di Yorshim"
- Language:
- Yiddish
- On album:
- A-003(a) (Sholom Aleichem / Di Kleyne Mentshelekh / The Little People — שלום עליכם די קלײנע מענטשעלעך)
- Track ID:
- 3681
- Vocal:
- Rudensky, Shmuel — רודענסקי, שמואל
- Vocal:
- Segal, Shmuel — שמואל סעגאַל
- Vocal:
- Goldenberg, Eliyahu — גאָלדענבערג, אליהו
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Translated by Samuels under "A Seat By The Eastern Wall"
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Spoken Word
Borsht — באָרשט
- Genre:
- Folk
- Subject:
- Borsht/Taste/Love/Identity/Dowry/House/Lineage /Marriage)
- Transliteration:
- ephemera
- Translation:
- ephemera
- Additional song notes:
- To be entered in Ephemera
Recordings
- On album:
- L-109(c)
- Track ID:
- 43194
- First line:
- Khob nokh aza borsht nit gegesn, khob nokh aza tam nisht gefilt, ikh ken dir mayn lebn nit fagesn vayl ikh hob dir lib..
- First line (Yiddish):
- כ'האָב נאָך אַזאַ באָרשט ניט געגעסן, כ'האָב נאָך אַזאַ טעם נישט געפֿילט, איך קען אָן דיר ניט מײַן לעבן ניט פֿאַרגעסן, ווײַל איך...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Folk
- Length:
- 3:43
- On album:
- L-009(c) (London Klezmer Quartet / Ilana Cravitz/ To The Tavern)
- Track ID:
- 43205
- Double Bass/Vocal:
- Buraczewska, Indra
- Piano/Accordion:
- Isaacs, Carol
- Clarinet:
- Evans, Susi
- Violin:
- Cravitz, Ilana
- First line:
- khob nisht aza borsht nit gegesn, hob aza tam nisht gefilt, Ikh ken un dir mayn lebn nit fargesn, vayl ikh hob dikh lib.
- First line (Yiddish):
- כ'האָב נאָך אַזאַ באָרשט ניט ניט געגעס, כ'האָב נאָך אַזאַ טעם נישט געפֿילט, איך קען אָן דיר מײַן לעבן ניט פֿאַרגעסן ווײַל
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Folk
- Length:
- 3:43
Geyt Arayn Nekhumelekh — גײט ארײַן נחמהלעך
- Also known as:
- A Nekhomele
- Genre:
- Khasidic
- Subject:
- Soul/Identity
Recordings
- On album:
- S-089(b) (Yiddish Classics Vol Two A Suki & Ding Production — הײמישע ייִדישע געזאַנגען באָנד ב')
- Track ID:
- 20977
- Artist:
- Suki & Deng Chorus
- Artist:
- Berry, Suki, musical arrangements
- First line:
- Gits arayn, gits arayn, oy, nekhumelekh, in a yidishe...
- First line:
- גיטס אַרײַן, גיטס אַרײַן, אױ, נחמהלעך, אין אַ ייִדישע נשמהלע,
- Track comment:
- with "Di Neshome" & "Esn Est Zikh" Recorded as Gits Arayn
- On album:
- S-089(d) (Suki & Ding Present Kinder Classics — קינדער געזאַנג)
- Track ID:
- 25334
- Artist:
- Weber, Shmuel Ber-Choir & Ensemble
- Artist:
- Berry, Suki
- First line:
- Gis arayn, gis arayn, a nekhumelekh, in a yidishe neshomale
- First line:
- גיס ארײַן, גיס אַרײַן, אַ נחמהלע, אין אַ ייִדישע נשמהלע,
- Track comment:
- Part of Yom Tov medley
- On album:
- B-091(a) (Balagan/ Mir Zenen Do! — באַלאַגאַן \ מיר זענען דאָ)
- Track ID:
- 32096
- Artist:
- Balagan
- Vocal/Arranger:
- Wijk, Jacob v. d.
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Khasidic/Nigun
- Length:
- 4:27
- On album:
- N-003(d) (Nira Rabinovitz / Shlomo Nitzan Shabat & Hasidic Songs — לכו נרננה שלמה מיצן נירה רבּינוביץ זמירית לשבּת וניגוני חסידים)
- Track ID:
- 5652
- Vocal:
- Nitzan, Shlomo — ניצן, שלמה
- Arranger/Conductor:
- Graziani, Yitskhak — גרציאני, יצחק
- Vocal:
- Rabinovitz, Nira — רבּינוביץ, נירה
- First line:
- Geyt arayn, geyt arayn, oy, nekhumelekh, yidishe neshomalekh
- First line:
- גײט ארײַן, גײַט אַרײַן, אױ, נחמהלעך, ייִדישע נשמהלעך,
- Track comment:
- "Geyt" is pronounced "git" as in "Git Arayn"
- On album:
- S-072(a) (Jacqui Sussholz Yiddish Is Forever)
- Track ID:
- 5653
- Artist:
- Sussholz, Jacqui
- Artist:
- Wuyts, Frank, arr
- First line:
- Geyt arayn, geyt arayn, an nekhumelekh, in a yidishe...
- First line:
- גײט ארײַן, גײט אַרײַן, אן נחמהלעך, אין אַ ייִדישע נשומעלה,
- Track comment:
- "Geyt" is pronounced "git" as in "Git Arayn"
In The Enemy Camp
- Author:
- Josephson, Ragmar
- Composer:
- Pergament, Moses
- Genre:
- Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Persecution/Strength/Identity
- Origin:
- Alb P-017(a)
- Translation:
- Alb P-017(a)
Malkele Dem Rebns — מלכּהלע דעם רבּנס
- Author:
- Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
- Composer:
- Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
- Genre:
- Theater
- Subject:
- Name/Identity
- Origin:
- Sheet Music
- Music:
- Sheet Music
- Additional song notes:
- Malkele, The Rabbi's Daughter
- Sheet music:
- Folder:
- 22
- Series:
- 1
- Arranged for:
- Voice/Piano
- Translator:
- Henry Greenfield
- Texts:
- Yiddish/Transliteration/Translation
- Publisher:
- Metro Music, Co
- Publisher address:
- 64 Second Ave, New York
- Date:
- 1937
- Provenance:
- Gift of Barbara Moscow, March 2014
- First line:
- Malkele dem rebens, azoy ruft mir yeder in mayn shtetl,
- First line (Yiddish):
- מלכּה'לע דעם רבּנס, אַזוי רופֿט מיך אַ יעדער אין מײַן שטעטל, ...
- Notes:
- Printed Sheet Music with "Farges Mikh Nit"/ Image insert of Molly Picon and Yakob Sussanoff/ Also image of Abraham Ellstein
Recording
- On album:
- P-002(d) (Jan Peerce on 2nd Ave Orch Conducted by Gershon Kingsley)
- Track ID:
- 9656
- Author:
- Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
- Composer:
- Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
- Vocal:
- Peerce, Jan
- Conductor Orchestra:
- Kingsley, Gershon
- Arranger:
- Kingsley, Gershon
- First line:
- Malkele dem rebens, azoy ruft zi yeder in der shtetl,
- First line:
- מלכּהלע דעם רבּנס, אזױ רופֿט זי יעדער און דער שטעטל,
- Track comment:
- From the operetta "Malkele Dem Rebns" - 1937
Mayn Tate Mame Shprakh — מײַן טאַטע־מאַמע־שפּראַך
- Author:
- Glatshteyn, Yakov — גלאַטשטײַן, יעקבֿ,
- Genre:
- Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Language/Identity/Memory/Khasidm
- Origin:
- Sh Sh 441
- Translation:
- Sh Sh 440
- Additional song notes:
- My Father-Mother-Languish
Recording
- On album:
- G-012(c) (Herts Grosbard 3 Readings... Jacob Glatstein & Itzak Manger — הערץ גראָסבאַרט 4\װאָרט קאָנצערט איציק מאַנגער און יעקבֿ גלאַטשטײן)
- Track ID:
- 19264
- Vocal:
- Grosbard, Hertz — גראָסבאַרד, הערץ
- First line:
- Der blitslum fun tatns gut vokh nokh di letste...
- First line (Yiddish):
- דער בליצלום פֿון טאַטנס גוט װאָך נאָך די ליצטע...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Spoken Word
Mi Ani (Yardeini) — מי אני
- Author:
- Fikhman, Yakev — פיכמן, יעקב
- Composer:
- Yardeini, Mordecai — ירדני, מרדכי
- Genre:
- Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Identity/Meaning
- Origin:
- Ephemera 1411
- Additional song notes:
- Who Am I?
- Related information in folder 1411:
- Comments:
- 1. 7/4/2014 Hebrew song text from internet Zemershet and entered in ephemera on July 4, 2014.
Recordings
- On album:
- B-044(a) (Cantor David Bagley Honours...Cantor Mordechau Yardeini)
- Track ID:
- 10359
- Author/Composer:
- Yardeini, Mordecai — ירדני, מרדכי
- Artist:
- Bagley, Cantor David
- Piano:
- Green, Eveyln
- First line:
- Mi ani? Rak mifras lavan boded (2), al pney mayim shkorim ran ani venedod…
- First line (Hebrew):
- מי אני? רק מפרש לבן בדדד)2( על פני מים שח רים רן אני ונודד
- Language:
- Hebrew
- Style:
- Concert
- On album:
- Y-001(b) (Mordecai Yardeini Shirati Cantorial, Israeli and Yiddish Songs — שירתי מײַן געזאַנג)
- Track ID:
- 31220
- Vocal:
- Yardeini, Mordecai — ירדני, מרדכי
- Piano:
- Ben-Hayim, Yosef — בּן־חיים, יוסף
- First line:
- Mi ani? Rak mifras lavan boded (2), al pney mayim shkorim ran ani venedod...
- First line (Hebrew):
- מי אני? רק מפרש לבן בדדד(2) על פני מים שח רים רן אני ונודד
- Language:
- Hebrew
- Style:
- Concert
- Length:
- 3:03
Mi Ani (Glantz) — מי אני (גלאַנץ)
- Author:
- Fikhman, Yakev — פיכמן, יעקב
- Composer:
- Glantz, Cantor Leyb — גלאַנץ, חזן לײב
- Genre:
- Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Identity/Meaning
- Origin:
- Ephemera 1411
Recordings
- On album:
- G-050(a) (Art Songs of the Cantor Composer Louis Garb, tenor)
- Track ID:
- 20447
- Author:
- Fikhman, Yakev — פיכמן, יעקב
- Composer:
- Glantz, Cantor Leyb — גלאַנץ, חזן לײב
- Vocal:
- Garb, Louis
- Piano:
- Goldstein, Raymond
- First line:
- Mi ani? Rak mifras lavan boded (2), al pney mayim shkorim ran ani venedod...
- First line (Hebrew):
- מי אני? רק מפרש לבן בדדד)2( על פני מים שח רים רן אני ונודד
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Hebrew
- Style:
- Concert
- On album:
- G-032(b) (Leib Glantz Sings Chazon V'Shirah (Shirei Omanut))
- Track ID:
- 20464
- Vocal:
- Glantz, Cantor Leyb — גלאַנץ, חזן לײב
- Piano:
- Heifetz, Vladimir — חפֿץ, װלאַדימיר
- First line:
- Mi ani? Rak mifras lavan boded (2), al pney mayim shkorim ran ani venedod...
- First line (Hebrew):
- מי אני? רק מפרש לבן בדדד)2( על פני מים שח רים רן אני ונודד
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Who am I? But a sail, white and lonely, Night winds...
- Language:
- Hebrew
- Style:
- Concert
My Son The Captain
- Author:
- Booker, Bob
- Author:
- Foster, George
- Genre:
- Humorous/Sketch
- Subject:
- Identity/Boats/Club/Social Mobility