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Bringing Yiddish Back: Daniella Rabbani on New Album "Klezmerette" Ep. 886
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Singer, actress and filmmaker Daniella Rabbani joins the show to talk about Klezmerette, her new album of ten classic Yiddish songs, out October 16. You may know her from Ocean's 8, HBO's Scenes from a Marriage and The Americans. The granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, Daniella has performed in Yiddish for more than 20 years, from Jazz at Lincoln Center to the State Jewish Theaters of Warsaw and Bucharest. She tells us why she made an album meant to answer rising antisemitism with Jewish pride and joy, and how losing her sister during the recording changed the music. Israel Daily News...
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Welcome to the Israel Daily News Podcast. I'm Shanna Fold and I'll be your host for today. I am joined by Daniella Rabani, a singer, actress and filmmaker who's spent more than 20 years bringing Yiddish music and theater to stages from jazz at Lincoln Center to the state Jewish theaters of Warsaw and Bucharest in Europe. You may have seen her in Ocean's 8, HBO's Scenes from a Marriage, or The Americans. That's just a few of the titles that you might have seen her in. Her new album, Klesmeret, comes out October 16th.
It's 10 classic Yiddish songs produced by Grammy winner Joni Leeds and Klesmeret clarinetist Michael Winograd, spanning dance tunes, cabaret, folk ballads, and tango. Daniella is the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors and she says that she's made this album to show that Yiddish is not a thing of the past and it's also meant to answer and respond to the rising anti-Semitism and instead
of experience that she'd like to experience Jewish pride and joy. Let's bring her on to the show. Welcome to the Israel Daily News podcast and Yella Ravani so happy to have you. I'm so honored and thrilled to be here. I'm a huge fan of yours as a person,
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