bring us back to our home shaking and weeping bring us back with songs of joy bring us back to our land praying and dancing bring us back no longer alone we’re looking for a realist’s miracle we’re looking for peace of mind we’re looking for an end to mourning we’re looking with longing for [...]
Posts Tagged ‘song’
memory (looking for an end to mourning)
Posted in General, Poetry, tagged birthright, israel, memory, poem, song on January 23, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Yiddish Music Video
Posted in Yiddish, tagged baleboste, song, video, Yiddish on November 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I can’t remember the last time I really enjoyed someone doing physical comedy. To my grateful surprise, an amazing Chasidic baleboste (translation, roughly: housewife/mistress of the house) nails it. This Yiddish music video, not originally meant for the public eye, is a critique of the culture of employing non-Jewish housekeepers, often from Poland. I would [...]
Oyfn Veg Shteyt a Boym…
Posted in Yiddish, tagged itsik manger, song, video, Yiddish on January 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A big update is in the works, but in the meantime, I would like to share my current favorite Yiddish song, along with a beautiful animation. The song is by Itsik Manger. Read the lyrics in translation or in transliteration here. I saw this at Yidish Vokh, and was so moved. Edit: It’s interesting to [...]
