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In conversation: Jeremy Sassoon

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In conversation: Jeremy Sassoon

As Jeremy Sassoon undertakes a run of his show MOJO: Musicians of Jewish Origin at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe, we caught up with the British Jewish singer and pianist to find out what music offers that psychiatry doesn’t, his worst and best performances and what’s next for the…

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Letter to Kamilla: Music in Jewish Memory

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Letter to Kamilla: Music in Jewish Memory

This year is proving to be a busy and fruitful one for Mosaic Voices. Members of the resident choral group of New West End Synagogue have built on the success of the beautifully made and wonderfully atmospheric music videos they…

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The Israel Philharmonic Celebrates 85 Years ★★★

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The Israel Philharmonic Celebrates 85 Years ★★★

In less than an hour, a promotional film about the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra sails at a rate of knots through nearly a century of cultural history. Its aim is to open the pockets of potential donors, but it's likely to open their…

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The house that Serge built

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The house that Serge built

In 1969, the same year his mischievously erotic single ‘Je T’aime… Moi Non Plus’ sold six million copies and was denounced by the Vatican, French Jewish songwriter Serge Gainsbourg bought a house at 5 bis rue de Verneuil in Paris’s chic 7th arrondissement. It took two years to…