About this episode

This episode explores the evolution of Jewish music from the 1960s to the 1970s, highlighting key figures and groups that shaped the genre.

Aside from the Rabbi's Sons discussed in Part 1 of this miniseries, the 1960's saw the first music groups in Ohr Chadash, Pirchei and the London School of Jewish Song. From Israel came Chaim Banet and Jo Amar, the latter a pioneer of Morroccan Jewish music. No less important than the performers, the production, composition and arrangements were handled by architects of Jewish music Suki & Ding, Sheya Mendlowitz, Yisroel Lamm and later Moshe Laufer, Mona Rosenblum and Yossi Green. The 1970's saw the new sounds of Diaspora Yeshiva Band and Dudu Fisher, bringing Jewish music to ever wider audiences. Abie Rottenberg commenced his illustrious career this decade with Dveykus and the soon to be crowned king of Jewish music Mordechai Ben David burst on to the scene as well. Capitalizing on their earlier involvement with Pirchei-JEP, Rivie Schwebel and Ali Scharf collaborated once again with a series of albums of Schwebel, Scharf & Levine. Check out the story of Yerachmiel Begun and the Miami Boys Choir on this popular episode of Jewish History Soundbites: https://jsoundbites.podbean.com/e/great-american-jewish-cities-14-miami/ Subscribe to Jewish History Soundbites Podcast on…

People in this episode

Host: Yehuda Geberer

Topics covered

• Jewish music history
• 1960s music groups
• Jewish music revolution
• notable Jewish musicians
• cultural impact of Jewish music
• music production in Jewish culture

Keywords

• Jewish music
• 1960s
• 1970s
• Ohr Chadash
• Pirchei
• Diaspora Yeshiva Band
• Mordechai Ben David
• Yerachmiel Begun
• Miami Boys Choir

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Miami Boys Choir, Ohr Chadash, Pirchei, London School of Jewish Song, Diaspora Yeshiva Band, Dudu Fisher

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