Remembering the Titanic
Comments (0) 
There are few stories which affect us as powerfully as the story of the sinking of the Titanic.
It is a story of arrogance, pomposity, and cruel disregard for human life.
Category: Digital Access & Online Collections
Comments (0) 
A Sing-along Passover from the Judaica Sound Archives
By Recorded Sound Archives, March 11, 2013 3:38 pm
Ma Nishtana (מה נשתנה) is also known as The Four Questions.
Recited by the youngest child at the table it evokes our own childhood experience and the pride we felt participating in the family seder.
Sung by Fran Avni’s Singing Children’s Chorus
JSA Featured Performer: Cantor Dale Lind
By Recorded Sound Archives, February 7, 2013 12:34 pm
For five generations, the Lind Family, descended from Belzer Hassidim in Galicia, sang the songs of the synagogue. It was from this lineage that Joshua Lind (1890—1973) rose to prominence as a composer, cantor and teacher. Joining his father’s synagogue choir at the age of 5, young David Lind quickly became a Cantorial wunderkind touring the country and recording for RCA Victor.
Together with his brothers, Murray and Phil, David formed the Lind Brothers Trio in 1937. They became quite popular performing a repertoire especially created for them by their father, Cantor Joshua Lind.
Chanukah music for everyone
By Recorded Sound Archives, December 10, 2012 1:26 pm
Chanukah celebrations are joyous occasions with lots of holiday gifts, decorations and parties.
The eight-day festival of Chanukah retells a story about hope, the importance of maintaining Jewish traditions, and the symbolic power of light.
Jo Amar: A pioneer of Israeli music
By Recorded Sound Archives, November 5, 2012 10:13 am
The early settlers of Israel looked towards their roots for musical inspiration. For many this meant the tones and tunes of Eastern Europe. However, there were were also those who wanted to create a new style of music that would belong uniquely to Israel and reflect their new country. The songs written in this new “Israeli” style combined familiar Eastern European motifs, traditional Sephardic melodies and more exotic Middle Eastern and North African influences. For many these more “Eastern” exotic influences seemed closer to biblical music and reflective of the land of Israel. This new musical style is generally known as Mizrahi music.
A pioneer of this new style of Israeli music was Josef “Jo” Amar. A noted Moroccan-born Israeli singer and hazzan, Amar began his singing career in the late 1940s in Morocco before he moved to Israel in 1956.