This site features academic programming from the major universities in
Israel.
Adrienne Cooper & Zalmen Mlotek Purim
Concert
Adrienne Cooper & Zalmen Mlotek - Purim Concert, St. Petersburg, 2003.
Awake, Alive & Jewish - WTOP Radio
Broadcast every Sunday morning for almost 25 years, “Awake, Alive and
Jewish” is a unique blend of joyous music, interviews, educational
features, Israeli news, and irreverent banter between the hosts designed
to appeal to young families and the larger community.
Hosted by Heidi Estrin, this podcast features author interviews, book
and music reviews, and comments from Jewish readers. Featured
personalities include Markus Zusak, Alice Hoffman, Steve Brodsky,
Mordicai Gerstein, and others.
Cartoon Kippah is an independent blog providing podcasts and commentary
on issues of interest to British Jews.
Cartoon Kippah is hosted by David Yehuda Stern. The show features
lives guests, music and discussion on a variety of Jewish topics.
Chagigah 88.9FM Emerson College
Tune in and celebrate! Chagigah brings you the best in Jewish and
Israeli culture. A show that transcends any language barrier, Chagigah
embraces classic Yiddish and klezmer music dating from 1914 to today.
The music style becomes more contemporary as the show moves into
traditional Israeli folk and the latest in Israeli rock. It's worth
waking up for!
Cultural Disjunctions And Modern Jewish
Identity
Professor Mendes-Flohr, Professor of Jewish Thought at Hebrew
University, Jerusalem, seeks to compound and celebrate the ambiguities
of post-traditional Jewish identities in the modern and post-modern
periods while noting the discontinuities of such categories as faith,
ritual, culture, territory, and ethnicity.
Einstein and the Mind of God - Part One
From “Speaking of Faith with Krista Tippett”,
public radio's conversation about religion, meaning, ethics, and
ideas. Part one of this
series takes Einstein's science as a starting point for exploring the
great physicist's perspective on ideas such as mystery, eternity, and
the mind of God.
Einstein and the Mind of God - Part Two
Part two of this series delves into Einstein's Jewish identity, his
passionate engagement around issues of war and race, and modern
extensions of his ethical and scientific perspectives.
Einstein Recovers Judaism and Discovers
Politics
This is a lecture by Robert Schulmann, professor, history, Johannes
Gutenberg University.
Before 1919 Einstein's political and social interests lay fallow, their
moral roots unarticulated. This talk argues that it was his search for
Jewish identity as a 40-year old, in the years after World War I, as
well as his growing commitment to Zionism, that laid the foundation for
his active political engagement.
Folksbiene Yiddish Theater Radio
Documentary by Sound Portraits
The Folksbiene Yiddish Theatre, the longest-running Yiddish theatre
company in the world, was founded in 1915.
It was sustained by two of the company's veteran members – Morris
Adler and Zypora Spaisman. In this American talker piece, Adler and
Spaisman remember the half century they each spent with the theater.
In its heyday in the 1930s, Yiddish radio flourished across America.
Thirty stations in New York alone aired Jewish programming advice shows,
variety shows, man-on-the-street-interviews, news programs, music and
game shows in both Yiddish and English. The programs in this collection
afford us a snapshot of American Jewish life in the 1930s and 40s.
Guilt and Pleasure - Lopate Interview
Guilt & Pleasure is a new quarterly dealing with Jewish culture.
Editor-in-chief Mireille Silcoff and contributor Gary Shteyngart tell us
about the magazine's mission and preview the contents of the first issue
(from "cowboys and farmers named Horovitz" to "Hasids vs. Brooklyn
hipsters"). From The Leonard Lopate Show, December 22, 2005.
Is Israeli Classical Music Jewish?
The music of Israel is a unique combination of Jewish and non-Jewish
traditions that have come together over the course of a century to
create a distinctive musical culture. Immigrants from Europe, Asia, the
Middle East and elsewhere brought with them their musical traditions,
melding and molding them into a new Israeli sound that helped define the
emerging national spirit. At The Library of Congree, Ronit Seter, a
scholar in the field of Israel art music, poses the question "Is Israeli
Classical Music Jewish?"
In February 2004, The Library of America hosted a discussion dedicated
to Isaac Bashevis Singer's life and works.
Select from these links for audio of the discussion (1 hour, 22
minutes), which begins with an exploration of Singer and the Yiddish
literary tradition.
The "all" Hebrew music channel.
JBooks.com - Amplified Books Index
Listen to musical book reviews and author readings on JBooks.com, the
Online Jewish Book Community. The site features fiction, non-fiction,
children’s books, interviews and profiles, first chapters, and
discussions.
jCast - Jewish Podcast from London JCC
Now your iPod's starting to talk Jewish!
Welcome to jCast, the new podcast from the Jewish Community
Centre for London, sponsored by the Jewish Chronicle.
jCast is a lively, off-beat take on Jewish life.
JLTV is a 24/7 Jewish television channel serving all 50 states.
JLTV features news and sports, movies, music videos,
documentaries, magazine programs, shows for children and young adults,
comedy and more.
Jewish Museum – National Jewish Archive Of
Broadcasting
The National Jewish Archive of Broadcasting is a valued component of the
Jewish Museum of New York's permanent collection, and it is the largest
and most comprehensive body of broadcast materials on 20th-century
Jewish culture in the U.S.
Jewish Museum - Online Exhibitions
Online exhibitions at The Jewish Museum of New York give viewers
opportunities for in-depth, interactive encounters with the collection,
as well as with featured special exhibitions.
Jewish Music Videos Playlist -1
Jewish Music Videos Playlist #1 from JewishWebcasting.com on YouTube (26
music videos)
Jewish Stories From the Old World to the
New
Listen to stories from the series which captures the vitality, humor and
contradictions of modern Jewish life.
Jewish Women's Issues - Library of Congress
Susan Schneider is an author. For her work on Lilith, an award-winning
Jewish women’s magazine, Schneider was awarded a Polakoff Lifetime
Achievement Award in journalism. She has also been honored by Hadassah
with the Golden Wreath Award and the Eleanor Roosevelt Prize by the
American Jewish Congress (AJC). The AJC and the Israel Women’s Network
honored her in the Knesset, together with Supreme Court Justice Ruth
Bader Ginsberg, as one of a select group of Jewish Women Who Have Made a
Difference.
JTN was founded in 1981 as an independent, not-for-profit, production,
distribution, and broadcasting company, the only producer and
distributor of Jewish television in the United States. Its programming
reflects the richness and diversity of Jewish traditions and experience
through children’s shows, network quality news, and documentaries, as
well as arts and entertainment.
Jonathan Safran Foer
Book Fest 05 - Library of Congress
Author Jonathan Safran Foer speaks at the 2005 National Book Festival.
His debut best-selling novel, Everything Is Illuminated (2002) was
translated into 26 languages, won several literary prizes including the
National Jewish Book Award, and was made into a movie.
He lives in New York.
Judah L. Magnes Museum of Berkeley
The Magnes is a museum of art and history focused on the Jewish
experience. The Museum
demonstrates a commitment to both tradition and experimentation through
wide-ranging collections, original exhibitions, provocative programs,
and research facilities, including the largest history center relating
to the Jews in the American West.
Here are public lectures on wideranging topics, from "Is there
Intelligent Art in Outer Space? to "Through the Eye of the Needle Fabric
Art of Esther Nisenthal Krinitz".
Kol Cambridge is the UK's only radio show dedicated to Israeli and
Jewish music. Launched in 2005, it has quickly become CUR 1350's most
popular program.
Ladino Judeo-Spanish Welcome to
Ladinokomunita
News of the death of Judeo-Spanish (Ladino) have been greatly
exaggerated. This beautiful Sephardic language is not only used daily,
but it is the only acceptable language of communication in our virtual
community called Ladinokomunita. The members of this Internet chat
group, who may reside thousands of miles from each other on earth, have
discussions with each other daily via email in the language they all
understand.
Leadel.NET is a unique social change video portal and network, aimed at
Jewish students professionals across the globe. The primary aim of the
project is to create an online Jewish media hub with a focus on creating
a link between the leaders of today and the innovators of tomorrow.
Launched in September 2008, Leadel already contains a unique gallery of
interviews with a wide range of leading personalities, giving a truly
new perspective of Jewish culture, thought and identity around the
world.
Their collection of audio files includes
"Taking the Ritual Laugh," by Rebecca Stone, Winter 2006-2007.
Generations of educated religious women, who love to live at the edge of
tradition. Read by Melanie Weiss;
"Torah as the Matrix for Feminism," by Cynthia Ozick,
Winter/Spring 1985. One of the Jewish feminist greats on making the
connections. Read by Melanie Weiss;
"Disappointed by Zippers," by Michele Herman, Summer 2006. Read
by Melanie Weiss; LILITH
breaks the sound barrier. Listen to Lilith editor in chief
Susan Weidman Schneider in a podcast interview recorded by Your
Jewish Neighborhood.
Live from New York’s 92nd Street Y™ ("Live") uses satellite technology
to broadcast the Y's renowned educational and cultural programming to
community organizations across America. For a fee, each program is
available for simulcast via satellite.
At the turn of the century, Jewish immigrants poured into towns like
Greenwood, Mississippi, seeking relief from the stifling tenement life
up north. By the 1930s, Jews formed the backbone of the merchant class
in hundreds of these towns. Soon after, though, young Jewish people
began leaving, opting for the larger cities. By the early 1950s, this
small-town Jewish exodus was in full swing. Today, the exodus is nearly
complete. Recorded in Greenwood, Mississippi, December 20, 1991, on
NPR’s “All Things Considered.”
Created as a locus for Jewish literature, culture, and ideas, Nextbook
promotes books illuminating 3,000 years of Jewish civilization. Its
programs include partnerships with public libraries and other
organizations to create innovative public programs.
Philosophers, Fiddlers & Fools
In honor of Chanukah, KCRW of Santa Monica, California presents general
manager Ruth Seymour's perennially popular annual salute to Yiddish and
the little villages and towns of Eastern Europe. The site contains
music, stories, and memories from a world now vanished. There are shows
to hear since 2001. In Yiddish and English.
A few years ago in Marseilles, a DJ put out a techno dance track that
sampled the piano playing and singing of an older musician born and
raised in Algeria. The track became an underground hit.
In 2003, FRONTLINE/World sent a reporter on a journey to this
cosmopolitan city to meet the man at the source of this compelling
old-meets-new sound.
A daughter and her dad talk about and share everything Jewish holidays,
Shabbat, stories, songs, jokes, and much more.
Shalom TV is an American Jewish Television Network on Comcast "On
Demand" in selected regions.
It offers hours of entertaining and educational programs and a
sampling of these programs
can be seen on Shalomtv.com.
Click “View Program Highlights” on the home page.
Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles
Hailed by The New York Times as "a lesson on how to connect the eye to
heart and mind," the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles has
established itself as one of the world's most dynamic Jewish cultural
institutions, and among the most prominent cultural venues in the United
States. The museum has a
number of interesting podcasts to choose from, based upon public
lectures at the museum.
The Shtick is a weekly television program showcasing the Australian
Jewish Community, broadcast on the Melbourne and Geelong community
station, Channel 31, and available on YouTube. The Shtick is a showcase
of spontaneous, improvised Jewish entertainment television, produced hot
and fresh every week.
From Melbourne, Australia, "The World and Us” is a one hour program that
since September 2010 has been broadcast weekly (with a repeat on
Sundays) [except on
JewishHolidays] by the Melbourne Jewish Radio Station Lion FM.
Lion FM Melbourne Jewish
Radio has been broadcasting 24/7 [recorded music only on Shabbat &
festivals] on FM locally to Melbourne since September 2010, and is live
on the Internet at
http//www.lionfm.org/ .
"The World and Us" is located at http//theroar.info/
This site hosts a weekly podcast by a "nice Jewish couple" living in the
buckle of the Bible Belt. Eric and Raya talk about married life, home
renovations, their fat cat Gypsy, the Simpsons, Judaism, and anything
else that wanders across their brains.
Too Jewish with Rabbi Sam Cohon
"Too Jewish" is a lively and fast-paced show for all ages that
highlights everything interesting in contemporary Jewish life. It
features music, arts, culture, comedy, and inspiration.
24 hour Jewish streaming radio station from the Metro DC Area, featuring
an eclectic mix of music, culture and tefila.
The exhibits on this site feature the Yiddish Radio Project radio
documentaries that were first broadcast on NPR's “All Things
Considered”, with rare Yiddish radio clips, archival photographs, and
various ephemera from a forgotten radio universe.
WUNR 1600 AM in Brookline, Massachusetts is a Yiddish-language radio
show serving Boston 's Yiddish-speaking community. Yiddish voice
Internet audio service includes pre-recorded interviews and songs in
Yiddish.
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
The YIVO archives holds over 22 million documents, photographs,
recordings, posters, films, videotapes, and other artifacts. They
comprise the world's largest collection of materials related to the
history and culture of East European and American Jewry. YIVO has the
foremost collection of books and documents written in Yiddish.