Posts tagged: Benny Bell

Living in America

By , June 28, 2012 10:36 am
Album cover of compilation CD of Living in America

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…

Celebrate klezmer!

By , February 27, 2012 9:41 am
Image of Klezmer musician with words Klezmer

4th Annual KULTUR FESTIVAL: A Celebration of Jewish Music and Arts

March 3—11, 2012

FAU Libraries, Boca Raton, FL

Can’t make it to South Florida? Read More About This…

Love and Laughter

By , February 8, 2010 11:31 am
Chuck Samberg and Gloria Magida (on right) visit the JSA to donate recordings to Nathan Tinanoff and Maxine Schackman (holding record album).
Left to Right: Nathan Tinanoff, Maxine Schackman, Chuck Samburg, Gloria

Valentine’s Day is certainly not a Jewish holiday.  But who says Jews can’t celebrate love?

The Yiddish word, beshert, can refer to any kind of fortuitous good match, such as finding the perfect job or the perfect house, but usually it refers to a perfect romantic match. Beshert brings people together no matter what obstacles might stand in the way.  “If it is meant to be, it will be.” Read More About This…

The trail of our vinyl

By , December 18, 2009 3:49 pm
Book Cover of And You Shall Know Us by the Trail of Our Vinyl by Roger Bennett & Josh Kun
Book Cover of And You Shall Know Us by the Trail of Our Vinyl by Roger Bennett & Josh Kun

I was listening to my local public radio station while I was driving to work the other day. Roger Bennett, co-author of And You Shall Know Us By the Trail of Our Vinyl, was talking with Marco Werman about his attempt to save decades of American Jewish music from obscurity.

We, at the JSA, are very proud of our participation in helping Roger and his co-auther, Josh Kun to find materials that eventually found its way into their wonderful book. Read More About This…

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