It’s not easy to find live professional performances of authentic Hasidic nigunim performed by women. On Aug. 10, however, there were at least three ways into Raza’s performance of Chabad nigunim.
A concert at JCC Manhattan will celebrate “Kapelya,” the first recording of Hasidic nigunim performed exclusively by women. (JTA) — As a child growing up in the Chabad Hasidic community of Crown ...
A remarkable new album of traditional Hasidic nigunim, wordless melodies, is here. And it’s giving listeners a taste of the soulful, unadorned way in which rebbes used to sing them in pre-war Eastern ...
There’s a powerful sense of the spiritual and sacred in the songs of “Kapelya,” a new full-length album of Hasidic melodies. There’s also a bit more than a tinge of subversiveness lurking in the LP, ...
Started by two friends who met in Yiddish class, Yale’s Nigun Circle just celebrated its first year. Nigun means “melody” in Hebrew and consists of wordless melodies that are traditionally sung by ...
Cheder Chabad of Baltimore marked Yud Tes Kislev with a full day of meaningful learning, spirited gatherings, and heartfelt ...