Radio Eshkolot

"Sometimes, when people are happy and dance, they grab someone standing outside the circle who is depressed and gloomy. Against his will they bring him into the circle of dancers; against his will, they force him to be happy along with them. It is the same with happiness. When a person is happy, gloom and suffering stand aside. Yet greater still is to gather courage to actually pursue gloom, and to introduce it into the joy, such that the gloom itself turns into joy." (Rabbi Nachman of...

During the revelation at Mount Sinai all those present experienced a strange sensation of "seeing the sounds" (ro'im et ha-kolot, Exodus 20:14). For many contemporary composers creating a soundscape or soundspace, which should be navigated with eyes wide shut, became a foundation of their musical philosophy. Please be warned that the third episode of Radio Eshkolot podcast with music by Chaya Czernowin, Alexey Sysoev, Vladimir Gorlinsky and Daria Zvezdina has a strong hypnotic power and is...

Some Orthodox Jews do not listen to women's singing because of the Talmudic dictum "kol be-isha erva" (Kiddushin 70a), usually translated as "A woman's voice is nakedness". Many Eshkolot musical events included astonishingly beautiful women's voices, because we believe this saying to mean "A woman's voice is exposure" and revelation of her innermost being. In this second episode of Radio Eshkolot podcast we offer you a selection of women's voices performing live at Eshkolot concerts of the...

The main reason why Jewish culture is so cool is its global and multilingual character. The first episode of Radio Eshkolot podcast includes songs in 14(!) languages performed live for Eshkolot Project in Moscow and Jerusalem for the last 10 years. Download the entire episode: http://files.eshkolot.ru/mixtape1.mp3 Detailed description. Главная "фишка" еврейская культуры – ее глобальность и многоязычие. В первом выпуске музыкального подкаста Radio Eshkolot – песни на 14 (!) языках,...