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From Abbey Road to Mt. Zion: The Jewish Music Revolution Part II (replay)

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Jewish History Soundbites

A historical overview of Jewish music in the 1960s and 1970s, featuring pioneers and key figures in the genre.

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A date which will live in infamy. >> Both of those [music] projects, initiatives, got off the ground because of the God rubber. >> Olympic team members [music] slain in West Germany. >> Out of the 24 who were killed, were Americans who had come to learn in the seminary. >> I saved 1 million Jewish children who were made to become Mutsav. >> [music] >> It is never [music] too little. It is never too late. And it is never enough. So, I guess those favorite sons-in-law know who they are. Um, I just want to be going into part two of this very popular, um, mini-series of on Jewish music and the Jewish music revolution. Um, and the development of Jewish music over the 20th century. So, before I even get into part two, I want to enormous amount of feedback from part one. I'm just going to choose a few letters to read. One listener actually gave me a nice summary of of the history of hockey and the NHL which put Gretz Wayne Gretzky into context and he pointed out that he's not as great as people make him out to be. I'm not going to read that whole letter cuz it's less directly relevant to the Jewish music scene. It was important to know that history as well. Here's another letter from someone who's, you know, big in the Jewish music scene today and quite knowledgeable about

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  1. 0:05A date which will live in infamy. >> Both of those [music] projects, initiatives, got off…
  2. 3:06though. If you do more on this topic, you must give mention to someone who is…
  3. 6:09whole magazine, but the definitely the For the Record column of Dovi Safier and myself. It's…
  4. 8:42Also began to mention Pirchei in the part one. JEP JEP and Pirchei. The two go…
  5. 11:52albums during that time. I also mentioned at the end of last part one, just started…
  6. 14:28moves to Israel. And he's a pioneer in the popularization of Moroccan Jewish music. And some…
  7. 17:00um, starts his illustrious career as a producer with arranging Carlebach, Carlebach concerts. And then at…
  8. 20:05the Yad Vashem instructions in how to interview the survivors to request of the survivors to…
  9. 23:09expands and he moves to the United States. He also performs on Broadway. He's the first…
  10. 25:42popularized uh Yossi Piamenta popularizes the electric guitar in Jewish music and Hasidic music, brings again…

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