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Some thoughts on diegetic klezmer
Jewish music in the movies — who gets it right, who gets it wrong, who cares?
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Miri Villerius
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May 2024

Lainie Fefferman's midrash reverberates... "Hineni"
The experimental composer's album culminates years of spiritual pondering
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Miri Villerius
Kedmah is intentional Mizrahi music for our times
The musical outreach project from The Rising Song Institute recently released their first album "Simu Lev"
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Miri Villerius

April 2024

Substack exclusive: The Klezmommies "Running Out of Time"
To be released by the end of the month!
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Miri Villerius
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This is my brain on klezmer
Reflections on klezmer, stimming and identity
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Alex Ellett
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March 2024

Alex Weiser captures the dusky nights of New York immigrants
“in a dark blue night” tinges the experiences of Yiddish arrival and Weiser’s grandmother
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Miri Villerius
Shlomo Gleyzer talks “Flying Colors” and being a Gen Z frum musician
The 24-year old bochur thinks secular music might help spread a message of light
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Miri Villerius
18 scholars of Jewish music funded by Katz Center Fellowship
"The Sound and Music of Jewish Life" is the theme for 2023-24's cohort
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Miri Villerius
The Amsterdam Klezmer Band goes kleztronic in new album
"Bomba Pop" was dedicated to the band's late accordionist, Theo van Tol
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Miri Villerius
Red Thread's debut album spins timeless tales of love far-flung
"Immigrantke" reminds us the palpable effect distance has on our destinies
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Miri Villerius

February 2024

The Afro-Semitic Experience’s new album is a prayer for unity
The Black-Jewish fusion of “Our Feet Began to Pray” marches onward with love
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Miri Villerius

January 2024

An Australian klezmer band’s reaction to October 7
Why the band Chutney “came out” as Zionist
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Miri Villerius
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