"Years after #YounesDardashti’s death, his granddaughter #Galeet is still singing with him in #NewYork.

Using #archival #recordings of her grandfather’s voice, #GaleetDardashti created her #album #Monajat — meaning an intimate conversation with God — layering her vocals over decades-old tapes of him #singing #Selihot, religious poetry chanted nightly before the #Jewish New Year.

Across the country in #LosAngeles, #JacquelineRafii — senior #cantor of Valley Beth Shalom, one of the largest Conservative #synagogues in the U.S. — is also working to preserve her #Iranian grandfather’s traditional #Persian Jewish #music.

While in #cantorial school, Rafii rediscovered cassette tapes made of her grandfather leading a #Passover seder in #Tehran. When her family was forced to flee the country following the #IslamicRevolution in 1979, they brought that cassette tape with them."

forward.com/culture/816997/ira…

Today in Labor History March 25, 1919: Cossack troops murdered 4,000 Jews in the Tetiev pogrom in Ukraine, two-thirds of the Jewish population. They tossed infants into the air and dashed their bodies on the pavement and burned the Jewish quarter to the ground. The Tetiev pogrom would become the prototype of mass murder during the Holocaust. During the Russian Civil War, from 1918 to 1921, there were 1,236 violent attacks against Jews in 524 Ukrainian towns. 30,000-60,000 died in these pogroms. The Ukrainian People's Republic army, Ukrainian warlords, the Red Army and the Polish Army all participated in anti-Jewish pogroms.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #antisemitism #pogrom #massacre #genocide #ukraine #jewish #polish #communism #russia #civilwar #warcrimes #ukraine #poland #redarmy #cossack

"#Jewish #music is often reduced to a handful of clichés: #klezmer music with its sliding #clarinets, “#HavaNagila” or maybe a #tune from "Fiddler on the Roof." But #Philharmonia #Baroque #Orchestra’s series “#Jews & Music” turns these notions upside down.

In the ensemble’s latest lecture-concert, “Jewish Nightlife,” at the Jewish Community Center in #PaloAlto on Thursday, Jan. 29, conductor #NicholasMcGegan and scholar-in-residence #FrancescoSpagnolo did just that, exploring an array of styles, places and meanings."

sfchronicle.com/entertainment/…

"You’ve probably heard of #ThomasAquinas, a prominent #medieval #scholar who combined #Christian #theology and #Greek #philosophy.

However, you may not be familiar with the renowned #Jewish scholar #MosesMaimonides, whose ideas significantly influenced Aquinas’s thought.

In the new #book, “Moses #Maimonides: A Very Short Introduction,” #RossBrann, a #professor of Jewish Studies at #Cornell #University, introduces Maimonides to a new generation.

Maimonides, also known as #Rambam, was a Jewish philosopher, #rabbinic scholar and renowned physician in the medieval #Islamic kingdoms, which are now part of modern-day #Spain. His life was marked by rigorous education, #persecution, #exile, and a commitment to serving both kings and the people.

Maimonides played a crucial role in helping his Jewish #diasporic community survive the hardships of the #Almohad #Caliphate, which forced Jews to choose between #converting to #Islam, relocating, or death."

religionunplugged.com/news/red…

#Antisemitism is a #SerialKiller walking amongst us.

Support your #Jewish #Friends by destroying that age-old #BeastOfHate.

At the very, very least by not looking away.

🕎 😔

Happy Hanukkah to all beginning their celebrations today!

#Hanukkah #Jewish #Diversity #SocialWeb #Fediverse #Mastodon

"#Hamburg’s #antisemitism commissioner Stefan Hensel, the only #Jewish official in such a role in any #German state, has announced that he will step down at the end of the year, saying a wave of hatred and a lack of political backing have made his job untenable.

His resignation, announced on October 1, comes amid a sharp rise in #antisemitic incidents across #Germany since the bloody #Hamas-led #October7, 2023, invasion of #Israel and subsequent war in #Gaza, sparking questions over how committed German authorities really are to protecting Jewish life."

timesofisrael.com/germanys-onl…

"The only known #photographs of the #deportation of the #Jewish population in the #German city of #Hamburg have been discovered in a German #police officer’s secret #photo album.

Until now, no visual record of the #deportations from Hamburg was known to exist. But researchers have now identified three photographs taken in October #1941.

For 84 years, these #images remained hidden in the private album of a German #policeman who served in #Unit101 of the #Ordnungspolizei, or “green police,” a unit involved in #deporting and #murdering tens of thousands of #Jews during the #Holocaust."

petapixel.com/2025/11/30/only-…

How would you Name twins, Gelder unknown yet, some kind of mix of everything Jewish? They shouldn't instantly recognized as Jewish just by their names, so their names should be something Jewish, but somewhat common among Non-Jews, Middle eastern and European alike.

So how would you name the twins?

#babynaming #Jewish #pregnancy #names #Fedieltern #fediparents #baby #name #twins #mazeldon

"A #cultural event in a #Polish town honouring a local #Jewish #composer has been cancelled after organisers said they received a “wave of hate and threats from #antisemitic organisations”, stoked by far-right leader and member of the #European Parliament #GrzegorzBraun.

#Września, a town of 30,000 in central #Poland, was this weekend set to hold a series of #concerts and #lectures celebrating #LouisLewandowski, who was born there in 1821. Lewandowski became famous for his work #composing Jewish #liturgical #music, which continues to be used by Jewish communities today.

Among the planned #performances was a #Hanukkah #song sung in #German by local children in a Catholic church. That sparked a backlash from some right-wing commentators."

I'm shocked this could happen in [checks notes] Poland.

notesfrompoland.com/2025/10/24…