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klezmer

Dmitri Gaskin
Posted inMusic

KlezCalifornia reboots with a young leader and a big, new festival in Berkeley

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert September 8, 2025September 9, 2025

The good news is that KlezCalifornia, the East Bay organization with the mission of bolstering Yiddish culture and music, is back in the festival business. The even better news is […]

Weaver narrates "Shterna & the Lost Voice," as Kiah Raymond operates the "crankie." (Darren Port)
Posted inOn Stage

New Jewish folktale gets ‘crankie’ with old-timey storytelling device

Alix Wall by Alix Wall May 7, 2025May 8, 2025
Mike Perlmutter of Saul Goodman’s Klezmer Band plays the clarinet at Saul’s. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inMusic

‘May the klez be with you’ this Jewish American Heritage Month

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 1, 2025May 2, 2025
Jewish Folk Chorus of San Francisco performs at Manny's, December 2019. (Photo/Gail Rubman)
Posted inMusic

Jewish Folk Chorus of S.F. returns with tribute to Oakland klezmer legend Adrienne Cooper

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene May 23, 2023May 23, 2023
Netta in her new music video, "I Love My Nails."
Posted inMusic

Upcoming Bay Area concerts: Netta, Mostly Kosher and more

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten April 12, 2023December 28, 2023
The current iteration of Kitka, whose 'Wintersong' repertoire will include some Jewish music. (Photo/Vincent Louis Carrella)
Posted inMusic

Klezmatics, Nefesh Mountain, ‘Jewish Christmas Spectacular’ and more Hanukkah-themed concerts

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert December 1, 2022December 1, 2022
The iconic song "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen — seen here with a feline friend — is the subject of a new documentary opening soon in the Bay Area. (Photo/Graeme Mitchell-Redux)
Posted inCultured

Hot Jewish Summer: Yiddish album and ‘Hallelujah’ doc will strike a chord

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten June 21, 2022June 22, 2022
Łowiczanie Polish Folk Dance Ensemble from San Francisco will perform at the Support Ukraine Benefit Concert.
Posted inCulture

Local klezmer and European folk groups team up for Ukraine benefit concert

by Dan Pine April 20, 2022April 27, 2022
Screenshot of animated Marjories Taylor Greene from the "Gazpacho Police" music video.
Posted inMusic

‘Gazpacho Police’ is now an original klezmer song

by Julia Gergely and JTA February 11, 2022March 1, 2022
A kid hoping for a puppy as a present in Daveed Diggs' new Hanukkah song. (Screenshot from YouTube)
Posted inHanukkah

‘They also happen to be Jewish’: Daveed Diggs on representing Jews of color in his new Hanukkah video

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA December 14, 2020

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