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CINDY PALEY


YIDDISH / LADINO / HEBREW

YAVO SHALOM (PEACE WILL COME)
Introducing a delightful blend of contemporary Israeli songs, energetically recorded by Cindy Paley with accompaniment by vocalist, Maya Haddi-Zebley.  Their entertaining style and terrific harmonies will connect you to the spirit, history and dream of Israel. Singable English verses are included in the 15 Hebrew songs to assist you in understanding some of the best of Israeli music. From 1970’s songs of peace such as Shir Lashalom and Nolad’ti Lashalom, to the current popular melodies of Amen and Od Yavo Shalom, this exciting CD is sure to be enjoyed for years to come. Other favorites include: Yachad, Ani V’atah, Chaverim, Abanibi, Todah . . . and More!

Online for your listening pleasure! Hallevai, Oleh Oleh, and Od Yavo Shalom

Add item to Cart at URJ Books & Music Item #951063xxCDxx$15.95 each


YIDDISH / LADINO / HEBREW


CHILDREN'S

ZING ALONG WITH CINDY PALEY
Cindy shares her love of Yiddish music and culture in her 19 song family recording of Yiddish folksongs, featuring Klezmer music by Yale Strom and Klazzj. Always energetic and lively, Cindy's recordings exude a good feeling of Yiddishkeit and joy. Favorites include: Ale Brider, Oy Mayn Kepele, Bulbes, A Yingele A Meydele, Hob Ikh Mir a Mantl, Tumbalalayke, Oyfn Pripetshik, Sha Shtil, Der Rebe Elimelech, Di Grine Kuzine ... and More! These songs are a precious legacy, whose love of life and warmth of heart are gifts to the next generation.

Get ready to smile - listen online now! A Yingele, A Meydele, Bulbes, Sha! Shtil!.

Add item to Cart at URJ Books & Music Item #951060xxCDxx$15.95 each



YIDDISH / LADINO / HEBREW


CHILDREN'S

EIZEH YOM SAMEACH! WHAT A HAPPY DAY!
Join the fun and sing along with Cindy, with a variety of musical styles ranging from Latin rhythms to folk and country. Cindy blends traditional Israeli children's songs with American Jewish music in this compilation of 29 Hebrew and English songs. Liner notes feature lyrics in Hebrew, English and transliteration. You will enjoy: Eizeh Yom Sameach, Hello Song, Bakitah, Af Peh Ozen, Ima Y'kara Li, Yadayim L'mala, Birthday Medley, Habiti, Y'mina S'mola, Geshem, Aviron ... and More!

Online now for your listening pleasure! Eizeh Yom Sameach, Togetherness Song, Mispacha Song.

Add item to Cart at URJ Books & Music Item #951059xxCDxx$15.95 each


HOLIDAY COLLECTIONS


CHILDREN'S

CELEBRATE WITH CINDY
Jewish Holiday Music for Children
Popular vocalist, Cindy Paley, shares with us an extensive selection of songs for Jewish holidays throughout the year from Rosh Hashanah through Shavuot. Traditional Hebrew and English favorites, as well as familiar Israeli melodies, are accompanied by liner notes containing lyrics and transliterations for all 60 songs. You will love: Tapuchim U’dvash, Tekiyah, These Are The Days, Sisu V’Simchu, Sevivion Sov Sov, Oh Chanukah, The Dreidel Song, Hashkediya, Chag Purim, Lakova Sheli, Ani Purim, I Am The Afikomen, Listen King Pharaoh, Avadim Hayinu, Am Yisrael Chai, Kachol V’Lavan…and More!

Sample this wonderful collection of songs online now: Ani Purim, You Can Change The World, Ten Commandments, Sing Along Song, Yisrael V'oraita.

Add item to Cart at URJ Books & Music Item #951062xx2-CD setxx$24.95 each set


SHABBAT


CHILDREN'S

SHABBAT SHALOM
Cindy presents 20 beautiful Shabbat songs in English and Hebrew. Lively orchestrations and simple harmonies encourage you to sing along. A perfect Shabbat mood setter for home or classroom. Special favorites include: Candle Blessings, L'cha Dodi, Because We Love Shabbat, Mizmor Shir, Shalom Aleichem, Mi Oheiv Et HaShabbat, The Sabbath Table, Chiribim, Oseh Shalom, Ki Eshmera Shabbat...and More!

These Shabbat tunes will delight you! Online now : Mizmor Shir, Shalom Aleichem, Mi Ohev Et HaShabbat.

Add item to Cart at URJ Books & Music Item #951061xxCDxx$15.95 each


PASSOVER


CHILDREN'S

A SINGING SEDER
Celebrate Pesach with Cindy as she delightfully sings over 20 songs appropriate for the holiday. Upbeat arrangements for traditional and modern melodies will make Passover all the more enjoyable. At your seder table illustrating the Haggadah, this CD is a delight. Listen for: Kadeish Ur'chatz, Hin'ni Muchan, The Kiddush, Ha Lachma Anya, Ma Nishtana, Avadim Hayinu, Adir Hu, Dayeinu, Echad Mi Yodeia, Chad Gadya ... and More!

Celebrate right now with clips from the album! Avadim Hayinu, The Ten Plagues, Adir Hu.

Add item to Cart at URJ Books & Music Item #951057xxCDxx$15.95 each


CHANUKAH


CHILDREN'S

CHANUKAH: A SINGING CELEBRATION
A recording of unusual beauty presenting 20 contemporary and traditional Chanukah songs in English and Hebrew. Bright new instrumental arrangements and superior vocalists make this recording a most welcome addition to home and classroom. Well known favorites include: Chanukah Chag Yafe, Mi Y'maleil, Hava Narimah, S'vivon, Maoz Tsur, Ner Li, Light One Candle, Y'mey Hachanukah, Al Hanisim, Eight Candles ... and More!

You and your children will enjoy these lovely tunes: Chanukah Chag Yafe, Banu Choshech, Light One Candle.

Add item to Cart at URJ Books & Music Item #951058xxCDxx$15.95 each

www.cindypaley.com

PHARAOH'S DAUGHTER


ETHNIC / WORLD MUSIC
ETHNIC / WORLD MUSIC

HARAN
Listen to Haran, the latest album by Pharaoh’s Daughter, and you hear a musical journey from Hasidic Brooklyn to ’70s psychedelia, from an Israeli seminary to smoky bars in Turkey, and street scenes in Morocco and Zambia. Band leader and vocalist Basya Schechter has invented her own identity, still rooted in the words, sounds, and experiences of her Hasidic childhood, but using her global curiosity to launch a reformulation of Judaic musicality. Haran marries the Hebraic and Biblical texts that orthodox children memorize with a modern, globally-informed Jewish sound.

Haran is a unique blending of psychedelic sensibility and pan-Mediterranean sensuality, swirling Hasidic chants, Mizrachi and Sephardi folk-rock, and spiritual stylings filtered through percussion, flute, strings, and electronica. Schechter's sound has been cultivated by her Hasidic music background and a series of trips to the Middle East, Africa, Israel, Egypt, Central Africa, Turkey, Kurdistan, and Greece.

TRACK LIST Sound samples coming soon!
1. By Way Of Haran
2. Ka Ribon
3. Samai
4. Hagar
5. Enpesare
6. Ven Hermosa
7. Yona
8. Lev Tahor
9. Hashomer
10. Askinu

Add item to Cart at URJ Books & Music Item #951314xxCDxx$16.95 each


Queen's Dominion

ETHNIC / WORLD MUSIC
ETHNIC / WORLD MUSIC


INSTRUMENTAL

QUEEN’S DOMINION
Introducing this 10 track, absolutely stunning, instrumental album from Basya Schechter, the beautiful vocalist and guiding force of the popular group Pharaoh’s Daughter.  Collaborating with Alan Kushan, a virtuoso on the santur, they combine influences from both Jewish and Arab traditions in creating this hypnotic and evocative CD of lively music out of the Middle East. Performances using oud, percussion, violin, recorders, cello, bass, melodica, and trumpet give this recording a most interesting flavor. Selections include: Dead Sea, By Way of Haran, Burning Bush, Pashmina, Midian, Under the Moes Tree, Bedouin Tea Party, Dancing Georgina, Queen’s Dominion, and Wherewolf.  Writing instrumental music is a new experience for Basya, a challenge she handles extremely well!

Blends of exotic instruments and complex melodies will delight the listener! Burning Bush, Pashmina, Queen’s Dominion.

Add item to Cart at URJ Books & Music Item #951111xxCDxx$16.95 each

Out of the Reeds

ETHNIC / WORLD MUSIC
ETHNIC / WORLD MUSIC

OUT OF THE REEDS
Thanks to the Tzadik label for bringing back into print this underground classic of the New Jewish Renaissance. Experience a journey to the Middle East with Pharaoh's Daughter, as this re-mastered definitive recording blends the beats of Moroccan, Indian, and Turkish rhythms with Jewish texts.  You'll want to dance with the drum circle, as you are swept away by the hypnotic nature of this sound.  Band leader Basya Schechter formed the group in 1993, and has been entertaining audiences ever since. Raised in Boro Park, Basya grew up in the Orthodox tradition and has since incorporated into her music past influences and world travel experiences, which merge into an eclectic and diverse sound.  You will be captivated by Afilu, Hamavdil, Shnirele Perele, Lecha Dodi, West African Niggun, Im Ein Ani Li Mili, Eicha, Taitsch, Hevel, Koomi Lach, Ija Mia, and Taitsch Remix.  Listen to this music and you will feel as though you too have traveled to exotic places!

Take a captivating musical journey - listen online now! Afilu, Lecha Dodi, Hamavdil.

Add item to Cart at URJ Books & Music Item #951110xxCDxx$16.95 each

www.goldenland.com

DAVID PROPIS

Visions of Shabbat


CONTEMPORARY


SHABBAT

CANTORIAL
CANTORIAL

VISIONS OF SHABBAT
Cantor David Propis, daughter Dena Propis, and colleagues Cantor Meir Finkelstein and Cantor Alisa Pomerantz-Boro all contribute their beautiful voices to bring the listener "to that peaceful state of mind that each of us has right before Shabbat." This recording of traditional liturgical selections with modern arrangements and orchestrations, combines our heritage with sounds of the contemporary world, in a most appealing, lively 14 song CD. From the rock rhythms of Mi Chamocha, to the lighthearted Shalom Rav, to the Israeli flavored Ein Keloheinu, to the serenity of Avinu Shebashamayim, you will be engaged. Other favorites include: L’cha Dodi, Yismechu, Ahavat Olam, Eishet Chayil . . . and More!

Enjoy the diverse moods of this appealing CD - listen online now! L'cha Dodi, Yismechu, and Avinu Shebashamayim.

Add item to Cart at URJ Books & Music Item #951086xxCDxx$15.95 each

www.davidpropis.com

PUTUMAYO WORLD MUSIC

ETHNIC / WORLD MUSIC
ETHNIC / WORLD MUSIC

A JEWISH ODYSSEY
Putumayo World Music presents a fabulously eclectic mix of songs celebrating Jewish music throughout the world! With an emphasis on three threads of Jewish music - Ashkenazic, Sephardic, and Mizrahi sound - we join a captivating journey that explores these diverse cultures through the beauty of song. From "flamenco and Middle Eastern influenced music, gypsy flavored music of Central Europe and the contemporary klezmer of the United States" - a unique treasure is truly uncovered! Featuring the exceptional talent of: the late Israeli superstar Ofra Haza, Chava Alberstein & The Klezmatics (Israel/USA) Fortuna (Brazil), Consuelo Luz (Chile/Cuba/USA), The Burning Bush (United Kingdom), KlezRoym (Italy), Janet & Jak Esim (Turkey), Zohar (USA/Morocco), Uzca (USA), Finjan (Canada), and The Klezmer Conservatory Band (USA). The gorgeous CD booklet includes a collection of photos, cultural information, and biographies of all 11 artists.

Start your journey now! Listen online to: Rachamim, Shalom Aleichem, Rad Halaila, and Meron Nign.

Add item to Cart at URJ Books & Music Item #951165xxCDxx$15.95 each

www.putumayo.com

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