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I'm a Conservative Jew living in a Christian farm town in Michigan, USA. For me, Jewish music used to be Adon Olam, Hava Nagila, and Fiddler on the Roof. I started getting a clue a few years ago. Jewish music is Klezmer dances, Sephardic ballads and Chassidic niggun. It's thousand year old hymns, three hundred year old Shabbat table songs and 60 year old partisan resistance songs. It's contemporary hip-hop, punk rock, electronica, jazz, and chamber music. In addition to loving its musical and spiritual qualities, Jewish music helps me connect my family with a much broader and diverse Jewish culture than is available locally. The Teruah blog helps me document my exploration and share it with others. Why the name Teruah? Teruah is a call on the shofar on Rosh Hashanna.
Check out my talk at the Ann Arbor District Library last year. "Ignite Second Stage: The Silver Age of American Jewish Music is Happening Now! And You're Missing It!"
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Haven't checked it out yet but I just downloaded the entire library of oypodcasts. Looks like fun, Sara and I will listen to them on the way up to Boston this weekend!
That's great, Nate. Let me know what you think.
Hi, I'm Billy Ray Sheet, and you don't know much about me because I have been keeping a low profile, letting the videos speak for themselves. I'm a satirist living in New Jersey, and I can be contacted at billyraysheet@verizon.net.
Here is aonther Passover video that is really funny!!!!
http://one.revver.com/watch/214103/flv/affiliate/73123
Jack, thanks for mentioning me and pointing to my Chanukah CD, my third Yiddish recording. I appreciate it.
best,
Lori
No problem, Lori. Thanks for the great pointer.
Hey, this is Billy Ray Sheet writing to tell you that I have a four-part Purim video out now, "The Ballad of Purim." You can see the four videos (in sequence) here, here, here, and here. Enjoy!
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