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/

Recording

On album:
G-079(a)
Track ID:
33321
Interviewee:
Matthau, Walter
Interviewee:
Greenberg, Joe
Interviewee:
Greenberg, Stephen
Language:
English
Length:
1:35

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.

Recording

On album:
V0044
Track ID:
34064
Vocal:
Crasner, Clara — קראַסנער, קלאַראַ (חיה לאה)
Commentator:
Lieberman, Mendl
Commentator:
Kalzman, Hilda
Commentator:
Gandleman, Frank
Language:
Yiddish/English
Style:
Folk
Length:
30:00

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

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

Recording

On album:
V0550 (Everything is Illuminated (Video))
Track ID:
42787
Director:
Schreiber, Lieve
Actor:
Wood, Elijah
Actor:
Hutz,Eugene
Language:
English/Russian
Style:
Drama
Length:
105:16

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"

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