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0 Music History

Reviving Jewish folk tunes that were nearly lost forever

Jennifer A. Stern in Forward · 26 Feb

Sofia Magid, a Soviet-Jewish musicologist active between 1928 and 1938, made significant contributions to preserving Jewish folk music by recording a rich collection of Yiddish songs and Hebrew chants in Belarus and Ukraine.

0 Communities History

For Finland's tiny Jewish community, a complicated history of fighting for the czar and the Nazis

Jon Kalish in Forward · 24 Jan

Finland's Jewish community, numbering about 1,500 today, traces its roots to Russian military conscripts in the 1850s.

0 Communities Antisemitism

Israelis with Soviet roots unite in solidarity in Tel Aviv amid the war

Larry Luxner in JTA · 14 Jan

Amid heightened tensions and security challenges in Israel, over 500 Israelis with roots from former Soviet states gathered in Tel Aviv for a Limmud FSU festival celebrating Jewish learning and community solidarity.

0 Art Gender/Identity

This pioneering female artist's Jewish heritage is no longer a secret — but what about the rest of her life?

Olivia Haynie in Forward · 8 Jan

Tamara de Lempicka, born Tamara Rosa Hurwitz, was a pioneering Art Deco artist whose life and work are explored in both a new documentary and a Broadway musical.

0 Music Culture

Jewish Studies Unscrolled: “Raisins and Almonds” and Yiddish Folksong in Classical Folk Music with Alex Weiser

Unorthodox · 31 Dec 2024

Alex Weiser discusses the impact and adaptation of the Yiddish lullaby "Rozhinkes mit Mandlen" from its folk origins to its influence on modern classical music.