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How Jewish wedding music got that way Musicologist Uri Schreter shows how postwar trends played out on the dance floor. ... A Jewish wedding in Philadelphia, circa 1960. (Courtesy Mara Swift) ...
Upshtat Zingerai play Jewish simhah dance music for a wedding at the South Shore Cultural Center. From left to right: Emma Blau, Jonah Lazarus, Qi Yang, Hannah Mira Friedland, and Ethan Aronson ...
The hora, the hora! How American-Jewish wedding music changed its tune over the years Musicologist Uri Schreter charts how US Jews have fused old traditions with new since arriving in the country ...
A lot more songs during dance sets are rock or electronic style, Mordy says. It used to be more freilach, but recently the music has more of a rock, electronic, and trance vibe.
Barstool Sports reported on a Jewish wedding where two men dressed as Hasidic Jews took to the skies in water-propelled hoverboards and danced to the music of “Fiddler on the Roof.” ...
The Jewish celebratory dance called the horah involves dancing around in circles. At weddings, the bride and groom are lifted on chairs in the middle of the circle.
Tanowitz and the composer David Lang talk about how their new work is informed by biblical poetry, Israeli folk dance and their Jewish heritage.
Just like every good Jewish wedding, this one featured a Freylekh set, a nonstop song and dance break that usually lasts about 20 minutes.
Canadian Jewish musician Drake released a music video for his new song, “Falling Back,” that features him as the groom.