Girls in their Hannukah clothes.
Ocean Grove Hannukah last year at Paul’s house. (Actually the photo is from Jerusalem.)
By Paul Goldfinger, MD. Editor @Blogfinger.net
Click on “Amsterdam Klezmer Band” below:
KLEZMER MUSIC. This music has its roots in the Jewish communities of Eastern Europe. But Klezmer music was scattered all over the world after the Holocaust. It almost faded out of sight, but then it began to take root again in America as well as in Europe.
It used to be played almost exclusively at weddings, but in recent years it was embraced by young musicians who blended it into all sorts of styles such as rock, jazz and hip hop. The genre is branching out in many sorts of creative ways.
Here is the Amsterdam Klezmer Band in Hungary. This is what Klezmer is in the 21st century. It shows that you don’t have to be Jewish to love Klezmer. “Di Zilberne Chassene” (It’s about a wedding.)
This painting is not by Jack Bredin,