Carol Matz's Famous & Fun Jewish Songs, Book 2 is filled with well-known, beloved Hebrew melodies. The collection contains songs for various Jewish holidays, Israeli and Yiddish folk songs, as well as treasured traditional pieces. The arrangements can be used to supplement any method and have optional duet parts for teacher or parent. Titles: * Ani Purim * Chanukah Candle Blessings * Dayeinu * Hava Nagila * Lama Sukkah Zu? * Lo Yisa Goy * O Chanukah, O Chanukah * Oseh Shalom * Shabbat Shalom (Bim Bam) * Shalom Aleichem * S'vivon * Tum-Balalaika
Carol Matz's Famous & Fun Jewish Songs, Book 3 is filled with well-known, beloved Hebrew melodies. The collection contains songs for various Jewish holidays, Israeli and Yiddish folk songs, as well as treasured traditional pieces. The arrangements can be used to supplement any method and have optional duet parts for teacher or parent. Titles: * Adon Olam * Chad Gadya * Chanukah * Eiliyahu Hanavi * Haman, A Wicked Man * Hamotzi * Hatikva * Ma Nishtana? * My Dreidel * Rock of Ages (Ma'oz Tzur) * Sh'ma Yisrael * Zum Gali Gali
In A Fine Romance, David Lehman looks at the formation of the American songbook—the timeless numbers that became jazz standards, iconic love songs, and sound tracks to famous movies—and explores the extraordinary fact that this songbook was written almost exclusively by Jews. An acclaimed poet, editor, and cultural critic, David Lehman hears America singing—with a Yiddish accent. He guides us through America in the golden age of song, when “Embraceable You,” “White Christmas,” “Easter Parade,” “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered,” “Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man,” “My Romance,” “Cheek to Cheek,” “Stormy Weather,” and countless others became nothing less than the American sound track. The stories behind these songs, the shows from which many of them came, and the shows from which many of them came, and the composers and lyricists who wrote them give voice to a specifically American saga of love, longing, assimilation, and transformation. Lehman’s analytical skills, wit, and exuberance infuse this book with an energy and a tone like no other: at once sharply observant, personally searching, and attuned to the songs that all of us love. He helps us understand how natural it should be that Wizard of Oz composer Harold Arlen was the son of a cantor who incorporated “Over the Rainbow” into his Sabbath liturgy, and why Cole Porter—the rare non-Jew in this pantheon of musicians who wrote these classic songs shaped America even as America was shaping them. (Part of the Jewish Encounter series)
Famous & Fun Classics, Book 2 offers a wonderful introduction to the timeless masterpieces of the great composers. Featuring arrangements of themes from symphonic, operatic and keyboard literature, these works have been carefully selected to appeal to beginners at the early elementary/elementary level. Includes optional duet parts for teacher or parent.
Carol Matz's Famous & Fun Jewish Songs, Book 4 is filled with well-known, beloved Hebrew melodies. The collection contains songs for various Jewish holidays, Israeli and Yiddish folk songs, as well as treasured traditional pieces. The arrangements can be used to supplement any method. Titles: * Adir Hu * Ani Purim * Chanukah Candle Blessings * Chag Purim * Dayeinu * Dodi Li * Heveinu Shalom Aleichem * L'Shana Tova * My Dreidel * Oseh Shalom * Raisins and Almonds * Shabbat Shalom (Bim Bam) * Siman Tov * S'vivon * V'Taheir Libeinu
Carol Matz's Famous & Fun Jewish Songs, Book 5 is filled with well-known, beloved Hebrew melodies. The collection contains songs for various Jewish holidays, Israeli and Yiddish folk songs, as well as treasured traditional pieces. The arrangements can be used to supplement any method. Titles: * Artza Alinu * Avinu Malkeinu * Chad Gadya * Chanukah * Eiliyahu Hanavi * Haman, A Wicked Man * Hatikva * Hava Nagila * Hinei Ma Tov * Lama Sukkah Zu? * O Chanukah, O Chanukah * Oif'n Pripetshik * Rock of Ages (Ma'oz Tzur) * Shabbat Blessings
Carol Matz's Famous & Fun Jewish Songs, Book 1 is filled with well-known, beloved Hebrew melodies. The collection contains songs for various Jewish holidays, Israeli and Yiddish folk songs, as well as treasured traditional pieces. The arrangements can be used to supplement any method and have optional duet parts for teacher or parent. Titles: * Chag Purim * Chanukah * Dayeinu * Ein Keloheinu * Go Down, Moses * Hatikva * Heveinu Shalom Aleichem * Hinei Ma Tov * My Dreidel * Shabbat Candle Blessing * Siman Tov
Key moments in the rituals, traditions, and celebrations associated with principal Jewish holidays, including Yom Kippur, Rosh Ha-Shana, Chanukah, Purim, and others, are depicted in 41 authentically detailed illustrations. Captions, an introduction, a holiday calendar, and a glossary offer even more educational opportunities.
A historical tour de force, The Invention of the Jewish People offers a groundbreaking account of Jewish and Israeli history. Exploding the myth that there was a forced Jewish exile in the first century at the hands of the Romans, Israeli historian Shlomo Sand argues that most modern Jews descend from converts, whose native lands were scattered across the Middle East and Eastern Europe. In this iconoclastic work, which spent nineteen weeks on the Israeli bestseller list and won the coveted Aujourd'hui Award in France, Sand provides the intellectual foundations for a new vision of Israel's future.
Carefully selected popular hits from movies, radio and television are arranged especially for students. Optional duet parts for teacher or parent add to the fun. Eleven attractive arrangements. Titles: * The Ballad of Gilligan's Isle * Can You Feel the Love Tonight * Theme from Inspector Gadget * The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down * Over the Rainbow * Peter Cottontail * Puff (the Magic Dragon) * Scooby Doo, Where Are You * Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious * This Is It! * This Land Is Your Land
