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Category Archives: Music
Debbie Friedman Is Dead
JTA reports: Debbie Friedman, a popular singer and songwriter who is widely credited with reinvigorating synagogue music, has died. Friedman died Sunday after being hospitalized in Southern California for several days with pneumonia. She was in her late 50s. “Debbie … Continue reading
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Tagged american congregations, debbie friedman, Dennis Prager, jewish liturgy, synagogue music, union for reform judaism
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RIP Gerry Rafferty
According to Wikipedia: In 1978, Gerry Rafferty cut a solo album, City to City, which included the song with which he remains most identified, “Baker Street“. The single reached No. 3 in the UK and No. 2 in the U.S.[3][4] … Continue reading
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The Freakiest Video Ever
This South African rap video does not belong on a Torah blog: This is a long way from Air Supply: I am disturbed yet strangely compelled by this group. According to Wikipedia: Die Antwoord (Afrikaans: “The Answer“)[2] is a hip-hop … Continue reading
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Tagged cape town south africa, hip hop group, slang term, south african slang, south african style, tudor jones
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Rachmaninoff – Etude-tableau Op.39 No.2 in A minor
Gregory: One of the most soothing pieces of music ever written, and very melancholy but beautiful: According to Wikipedia: Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff[1] (Russian pronunciation: [sʲɪrˈɡʲej rɐxˈmanʲɪnəf]; 1 April 1873 – 28 March 1943) was a Russian[2] composer, pianist, and conductor. … Continue reading
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Did The Nazis Like Bach?
In a 1996 lecture on Exodus 20, Dennis Prager says: We always have a debate in our country about funding for the National Endowment of the Arts. The people who argue for funding say the mark of a civilization is … Continue reading
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Tagged commandant of auschwitz, Dennis Prager, felix mendelssohn, johann sebastian bach, josef mengele, national endowment of the arts
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