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Win the Entire 103-Album Collection & More!
September 12, 2016
A New Year, a New Site, a New Album and Our Biggest Giveaway Ever! Update: This promotion has now ended. It has been a busy summer here at the Milken Archive. We have been hard at work on creating a...
Why Jewish Music in America? (Now Streaming)
August 23, 2016
Episode 13 of American Jewish Music from the Milken Archive with Leonard Nimoy concludes the marathon series with a journey to the heart of the Milken Archive of Jewish Music itself. In addition to five full-length works, multiple interviews with Founder Lowell...
Mourning to Dawn: Tisha B'av in America
August 9, 2016
There are many threads that resonate throughout Jewish history, in one way or another impacting our lives today. Two such threads that have regrettably persisted are destruction and expulsion; so much so, that there is a three-week period dedicated to...
REDISCOVER Ernest Bloch's Sacred Service
July 27, 2016
Ask the question “Who is the greatest Jewish composer?” and many will say Ernest Bloch. The Swiss-born Jew, who became an important figure on the American scene, composed a host of works connected to his Jewish identity and the liturgy....
Klezmer in America: Background Music takes Center Stage
July 13, 2016
What started out as instrumental music to be played at Jewish events has become an art form so closely associated with Jewish tradition that it’s often the first music that comes to mind when we think of a Jewish celebration....
REDISCOVER Darius Milhaud: Jewish Music of Southern France
June 22, 2016
Utter the name Darius Milhaud (1872–1974) and American Jewish music might not be the first thing that comes to mind. The prolific composer, known for polytonality and aleatoric approaches to composition, grew up in Aix-en-Provence in the south of France....
From Chuppah to Hora: Wedding Music to Celebrate
June 8, 2016
The early sunrises and late sunsets of summer are not just a sign of the passage of time, they’re also a reminder that wedding season is upon us (and not just because of the song from Fiddler on the Roof). Indeed,...
REDISCOVER: Israel in America
May 17, 2016
The land of Israel and all that it symbolizes has long loomed large in the American Jewish imagination, but this was especially true in the years surrounding its establishment of statehood. The numerous songs and extended compositions on the album In...
Rabbi Morton Leifman Passes Away at 89
May 12, 2016
Rabbi Morton M. Leifman, a highly respected scholar, educator, and member of the Milken Archive's Editorial Board, has died. An obituary posted by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency lists the date of death as May 5th. "Rabbi Leifman was a man...
Out of the Desert, Into the Whirlwind
May 4, 2016
Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah) begins tonight. Just as Jews around the world finish celebrating the exodus from Egypt, we are faced with one of history’s most tragic events. But can we see this, too, as a narrative on which...
