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The Butterfly Comes Home
May 07, 2019
Charles Davidson
Passover: Music for the Favorite Family Ritual
April 17, 2019
Hidden Treasures
An Annotated Survey of Jewish Worship Services Written for Cantor, Choir, and Organ
September 21, 2018
Charles Davidson
An Interview with David Amram
At 86, Still Trying to Get It Right
December 16, 2016
Jeff Janeczko
Getting Started with the Milken Archive - Part 2
An Introductory Guide to the Milken Archive, Part 2
November 01, 2016
Jeff Janeczko
Getting Started with the Milken Archive
An Introductory Guide to the Milken Archive, Part 1
October 18, 2016
Jeff Janeczko
Fathers and Sons, Part 4: Julian Schwarz
August 04, 2015
Jeff Janeczko, Curator
Fathers and Sons, Part 3: Gerard Schwarz
July 28, 2015
Alexander Gelfand
Fathers and Sons, Part 2: Yehudi Wyner
July 21, 2015
Jeff Janeczko, Curator
Fathers and Sons, Part 1: Lazar Weiner
July 14, 2015
Jeff Janeczko, Curator
Summer Stock Part Four: Joseph Rumshinsky—“Crazy Wagner” of Second Avenue
July 15, 2014
Jeff Janeczko, Curator
Summer Stock Part Three: Alexander Olshanetsky—We Loved You Too Much
June 30, 2014
Jeff Janeczko, Curator
Summer Stock Part Two: Sholom Secunda and the Bay mir bistu shame
June 16, 2014
Jeff Janeczko, Curator
Summer Stock Part One: My Yiddishe Mamele
June 02, 2014
Jeff Janeczko, Curator
Introduction to Volume 20
L'DOR VADOR: A Celebration of Children's Voices
January 06, 2014
Neil W. Levin
Introduction to Volume 4
Cycle of Life in Synagogue and Home: Jewish Celebrations Throughout the Year
November 03, 2013
Neil W. Levin
Introduction to Volume 3
SEDER T'FILLOT: Traditional and Contemporary Synagogue Services
September 02, 2013
Neil W. Levin
The First S'liḥot
Sliḥot for the First Day
September 02, 2013
Neil W. Levin
Introduction to Volume 17
Odes and Epics: Dramatic Music of Jewish Experience
July 02, 2013
Neil W. Levin
Introduction to Volume 18
Psalms and Canticles: Jewish Choral Art in America
May 07, 2013
Neil W. Levin
Introduction to Volume 19
Musical Reflections of the Holocaust
April 12, 2013
Neil W. Levin
Introduction to Volume 12
Legend of Toil and Celebration: Songs of Solidarity, Social Awareness, and Yiddish Americana
February 05, 2013
Neil W. Levin
Hanukka: A Brief History
December 11, 2012
Neil W. Levin
Introduction to Volume 9
The Art of Jewish Song: Yiddish and Hebrew
November 06, 2012
Neil W. Levin
Introduction to Volume 14
Golden Voices in the Golden Land: The Great Age of Cantorial Art in America
September 04, 2012
Neil W. Levin
Introduction to Volume 6
Echoes of Ecstasy: Hassidic Inspiration
July 02, 2012
Neil W. Levin
Introduction to Volume 8
Sing unto Zion! In Praise of a Jewish National Home
April 09, 2012
Neil W. Levin
Introduction to Volume 1
Jewish Voices in the New World: The Song of Prayer in Colonial and 19th-Century America
February 06, 2012
Neil W. Levin
Introduction to Volume 7
Masterworks in Prayer: Art in Worship
December 05, 2011
Neil W. Levin
Introduction to Volume 2
A Garden Eastward: Sephardi and Near Eastern Inspiration
October 10, 2011
Neil W. Levin
Not So Still Life, With Music
Behind the art of Ralph Gilbert
June 12, 2011
Alexander Gelfand
Introduction to Volume 13
Great Songs of the American Yiddish Stage: Yiddish Theater, Vaudeville, Radio, and Film
May 01, 2011
Neil W. Levin
Introduction to Volume 15
Swing His Praises: Jazz, Blues, and Rock in Worship
May 01, 2011
Neil W. Levin
Introduction to Volume 16
Heroes and Heroines: Jewish Opera
May 01, 2011
Neil W. Levin
Introduction to Volume 5
Klezmer in the Concert Hall: Rebirth of a Folk Tradition
May 01, 2011
Neil W. Levin
Introduction to Volume 10
Intimate Voices: Solo and Ensemble Music of Jewish Spirit
May 01, 2011
Neil W. Levin
Introduction to Volume 11
Symphonic Visions: Orchestral Works of the Jewish Spirit
May 01, 2011
Neil W. Levin
A History of Audio Recordings: 1990–2007
January 01, 2011
Paul Schwendener
Introducing the Milken Archive of Jewish Music: the American Experience
September 01, 2010
Neil W. Levin
Bay mir bistu sheyn
A brief history of Yiddish theater's most enduring song
September 01, 2010
A Spiritual Legacy
Alberto Mizrahi's recordings for the Milken Archive are an affirmation of Jewish existence
January 01, 2006
A Timeless Prayer and a Plea for Our Time
Leonard Bernstein's Kaddish Symphony
January 01, 2006
L'Dor Vador
Oral Histories Link Generation to Generation
January 01, 2006
Lowell Milken
Lazar Weiner In Retrospect
A Son Reflects on His Father and His Songs
January 01, 2006
Yehudi Wyner
The Book of Psalms and its Musical Interpretations
January 01, 2006
Neil W. Levin
An Interview with Simon Spiro
The gifted cantor and pop star shares his insights on singing, arranging and recording for the Milken Archive
January 01, 2005
An Interview with Grammy-Winning Producer David Frost
January 01, 2005
A Woman of Valor
An Interview with composer Judith Lang Zaimont
January 01, 2005
An Interview with Gershon Kingsley
January 01, 2004
An Interview with Robert Brubaker
An American tenor discusses his experience singing Jewish liturgical music for the Milken Archive
January 01, 2004
An Interview with Kenneth Kiesler
January 01, 2004
A Dialogue with Ofer Ben-Amots
The Israeli-American composer discusses Shtetl Songs, tone painting and music as a human chain
January 01, 2004
Bringing Back the Second Avenue Sound
Hollywood orchestrator Patrick Russ restores music of the Yiddish Theater
January 01, 2002
Hanukkah Music in America
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