When Sophie Tucker began singing this song written by Yellen & Pollack in 1925, the Jewish experience in America had included many mothers dealing with privations to care for their families, all the while passing down values that their tradition holds dear. Whether or not you have a “Yiddishe Momme”

During Kristallnacht, Jews were terrorized across Germany with nearly 100 killed, and homes, synagogues and business destroyed. The world watched and did nothing, leading to the horrors of the Holocaust. We must learn from the past and not stay silent in the face of hate.

The temperature in Harbin reaches forty below zero, and stays below freezing nearly half the year. The city is actually further north than notoriously cold Vladivostok , Russia , just 300 miles away. So what does one do here every winter? Hold an outdoor festival, of course! Rather than suffer the c...

The Passover Disney Opera:
The 10 plagues came, the Egyptians proclaimed
"The Jews are all now free!" Personal liberation, like splitting your own sea. Miracles do happen, freedom comes every year Seder, matzah, wine -- Passover's here.Stuck in a rut, trapped by the grind and every time you feel y...

Photographs of Berlin Germany's "Festival of Lights" set to Earth Wind and Fire's "Let's Groove."

Composed by Mordechai ShapiroLyrics written by Yitzy Berry, Eli Klein and David HerskowitzMusic Produced, arranged and Mixed by Mendy Portnoy.

JERUSALEM OF GOLD (YERUSHALAIM SHEL ZAHAV) LIVE IN JERUSALEM, ISRAEL BY ELIHANA ELIA. Many of the lyrics refer to traditional Jewish poetry and themes, particularly dealing with exile and longing for Jerusalem. Naomi Shemer wrote the original song for the Israeli Song Festival in 1967.

Fête des lumières (or The Festival of Lights) celebrates every year in Lyon, France around 8 december. It is for expression gratitude toward Mary, mother of Jesus.
Every house in Lyon place candles along the outsides of all the windows to produce a spectacular effect throughout the streets.

The first Yahrzeit (anniversary of the passing) of Leonard Cohen, one of the greatest Jewish poet-songwriters of the 20th century, will be observed on November 7th 2017. As a tribute to his legacy, here is one of his most famous songs, Hallelujah, with the Hebrew lyrics of Psalm 150 which is recite...

In Spring 2018, five speakers selected from the Collaboratory Network--Gamal Palmer, Carine Warsawski, Rabbi Lori Shapiro, Dr. Sharon Weiss-Greenberg, and Arya Marvazy--worked with ELI Talks to hone and effectively present their own stories of risk-taking at a storytelling event for the May 2018 gat...