Celebrate the New Year with the Judaica Sound Archives. . . . .
Become a JSA member
Get a CD of this album as our gift to you!
This year the Judaica Sound Archives at FAU Libraries in Boca Raton, Florida is celebrating the High Holy Days by highlighting one of our favorite albums: Ye Shall Rejoice on your Festivals.
This album, recorded by Shimon and Ilana Gewirtz in the early 1970s, feature their children, Aviva (7 yrs old at the time of this recording), and Shira, who was 5.Read More About This…
Now you can celebrate the 4th of July and your Jewish heritage at the same time.
This new compilation of songs from the Judaica Sound Archives at Florida Atlantic University Libraries in Boca Raton, FL is about the American Jewish experience.
It contains Yiddish songs recorded during the early 20th century and expresses a Jewish immigrant perspective on New York, Coney Island and other things distinctly American.Read More About This…
The multi-talented Laura Wetzleris a singer, songwriter, guitarist, lecturer, and recording artist. Her professional singing career began when she was only 15 years old. Influenced by her love of Jewish music and the famous folk singers of the 1960s, she became a popular performer at NYC clubs, synagogues and college campuses.
After her graduation from Hofstra she became a protégé of the legendary Joe Elias, master of the Ladino folk song genre. Her first CD was released to critical acclaim in 1999 and was re-issued in 2011.Read More About This…
Sometimes the unexpected comes with the daily mail. This recent addition arrived just in time for Yom Kippur. It features Nicolas Jolliet a talented guitarist, sitarist, and composer.
The Kol Nidre has fascinated composers for centuries. Now it has caught the attention of Guitarist and Sitarist Nicolas Jolliet. Using the sitar, surbahar, tabla, oud, dumbek and other exotic instruments, this CD was recorded on the Caribbean Island of St. Lucia, and evolves from traditional ragas into a seductive Reggae beat. The subject of a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation documentary, it was played at a Yom Kippur service held at a U.S. base in Kandahar, Afghanistan.Read More About This…
Comments (0) 
