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Jesse Waldman was inspired by his great-grandmother Adele Waldman to reimagine the Yiddish song “Papirosen.” (photo from Jesse Waldman) Several weeks ago, I was offered a commission by the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts to do a musical piece for…
Loolwa Khazzoom in Iraqis in Pajamas’ video for their song “Cancer Is My Engine,” to be released on Chanukah. (photo by Ailisa Newhall) With shared themes of finding light in the darkness, Seattle-area band Iraqis in Pajamas is releasing the video…
How does a 1940 Yiddish theatre song – probably based on a passage from the Talmud’s Tractate Bava Metzia – end up becoming a popular piece sung around the world? Over a 75-year period, Aaron Zeitlin’s “Dona Dona” (in Yiddish,…
The new Jewish Seniors Alliance Snider Foundation Empowerment Series season began on Oct. 19 with a concert. As usual, the program was co-sponsored by JSA and a community organization; in this case, the Kehila Society of Richmond. Because of the…
Over the last three decades, poet and performer Adeena Karasick and composer and trumpeter Frank London have each transformed the worlds of poetry and music with work that is sensual and political, steeped in Jewish mysticism, exploding notions of high…
Grounds for Goodness Downtown Eastside: Adventures in Digital Community Art Making, led by Ruth Howard, is part of the Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival, which starts Oct. 28. (photo by Adrienne Marcus Raja) Tikkun olam, the imperative to repair…
Geoff Berner (photo by Genevieve Buechner) The theme for this year’s Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival is “This Gives Us Strength.” One of the more than 50 events that will take place over the festival’s 12 days is Spotlight…
Israeli artists Yair Levi and Shai Sol sing Moses’s prayer to heal his sister Miriam of leprosy. The song, “Refa Na,” has resonated with people during the pandemic. The song “Refa Na” (“Heal Her Now’”) by Israeli composer Yair Levi,…
The Burying Ground core duo is Woody Forster and Devora Laye, centre. On their newest album, they are joined by, left to right, Clara Rose, Joshua Doherty and Wynston Minckler. (photo by Mary Matheson) The Burying Ground had a busy…
Vancouver singer-songwriter Haley K. Turner will release her first full-length album on May 29. “I have gone back and forth questioning whether now is the right time to release a new album,” she told the Independent. “But here’s the thing.…
