Just In Time for Chanukah – Google’s Celebrating too!

By , December 7, 2017 1:49 pm
Graphic image with Chanukah‑themed artwork and bold ‘Chanukah’ text for a blog post about the holiday.

Have you recently typed “Chanukah” into Google? No….please go and try now and discover the beautiful animated image Google’s put together to celebrate Chanukah. Read More About This…

FAU Libraries Celebrates Jewish Culture 2018

By , December 6, 2017 4:18 pm
Graphic with text ‘Kultur Festival 2018’ celebrating FAU Libraries’ music and cultural events

Join FAU Libraries March 4-8 in celebrating Jewish Culture through Kultur Festival highlighting music from Florida Atlantic University Libraries’  Special Collections performed by distinguished artists and internationally acclaimed musicians and actors including the Klezmer Company Jazz Orchestra, Beyond The Pale, klezmer band from Toronto, Brian Potts Vibraphone Quartet and Yiddish Tango LIVE!

Links to all events listed below with date, time and links to purchase tickets. Read More About This…

Celebrate the High Holy Days 5778 With Music

By , September 19, 2017 1:57 pm
Graphic with text ‘High Holy Days’ and decorative Jewish holiday imagery used to introduce a music collection for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

Looking for music to celebrate the High Holy Days this year? Look no further, the Recorded Sound Archives has a collection of over 40 recordings for you to choose from and share and enjoy with your family.

Here are a few favorite albums, which can be listened to in full on the Recorded Sound Archives website. Read More About This…

Pianist Irving Fields Mixed Bagels and Bongos

By , August 2, 2017 9:52 am
Photograph of pianist Irving Fields playing the piano.

Two weeks after his 101th birthday, pianist and composer Irving Fields passed away August 20, 2016 in Manhattan. He was perhaps the longest working musician in the world. At the age of hundred, he used to play the piano several nights a week at Nino’s Tuscany restaurant in Manhattan. Irving Fields became known by fusing Jewish tunes, jazz, and popular songs with Latin music. Read More About This…

Highlighting the Voice of Cantor Zvee Aroni

By , July 25, 2017 1:31 pm
Banner graphic showing text about Cantorial Songs with a photo of Cantor Zvee Aroni.

There was a “joke” in the cantorial world that “If you can’t get Koussevitzky, get Aroni!”  Personally, I think Aroni (my dad) had a better voice.

His voice instructor and many others told him that he could have been, or should be an opera singer, but he loved being a cantor too much. Read More About This…