Music and Videos

The Klez Dispensers,  klezdispensers.com, are available for parties, Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, and other special events in the New York-Philadelphia area.

Klezmer Connection,  
theklezmerconnection@music.com 

For more information on the Klezmer revival , including Klezmer bands in your area, visit The Klezmer Shack. 

     When you want Jewish music, go to the experts at Jewishmusic.com and click on Music. They have Top Tens, kid's music, Klezmer music, Jewish party music, Israeli music, instrumental, humor, holidays...even free audio samples.   

     Still have room in your CD holder? Visit the Jewish Community Online Store for more great music. 

      If you live in the Philadelphia area, you already know about Kid's Corner, Kathy O'Connell's  not-to-be-missed radio show  on WXPN.  For upbeat and sophisticated music for kids and grownups, visit xpn.org/shop and click on Kid's Corner. While you're there, browse their  WXPN staff CD picks for yourself! 

     From Judaica for Kids comes a selection of sing-along videos featuring Uncle Moishy and the Mitzvah Men. 

     From Chai Kids: videos, books and cassettes that teach Jewish values. 
 

     The Theodore Presser Music Stores of Bryn Mawr and Philadelphia, 610-525-0566 and 215-568-0964. 

     MusicTime, Inc. carries music of all publishers, for all levels from just-beginners to professional musicians, 800-932-0824, www.musictime.com.

    Many, many more music books available from jewishmusic.com. 

For the High Holy Days: 
    The Secret in Bubbie's Attic and 
     New Year's Leave (Rosh Hashanah)  

Looking for a musical introduction to the holiday calendar? Try 
     Miracle Days, with Yoni 
For young children: 
     The Sabbath 
All available from Movies Unlimited 
1-800-4-MOVIES 

Chai Kids has 
    Alef Bet Blastoff, and 
     Holidays at Bubbe's 

Have you heard about the The Jewish Heritage Video Series? It's a collection of  200 videos ranging from American features like Annie Hall and Crossing Delancey to Israeli cinema and kid's movies. You can view the complete list of the JHVS on line, or or find it at your local library or museum.

It may not be history, but it's pure Americana in the exciting adventures of Fievel Mouskewitz in:  
     An American Tale and 
     An American Tale: Fievel Goes West 

An Oscar-winning movie about
Olympic-medal-winning athletes:
     Chariots of Fire 

Musical entertainment: 
     Joseph and the Amazing Technicoler Dreamcoat 

And just for fun: 
     From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (read the book too) 
All available from Movies Unlimited 
1-800-4-MOVIES 
 
The Jewish Community Online Store has a fine collection of children's videos, including 
Jinja's Israeli Safari, 
The Animated Book of Esther, and 
The Enchanting Travels of Benjamin of Tudela,  the Jewish Gulliver's Travels 

Six true stories of people who helped Jewish refugees during the Holocaust: 
     Rescuers: Stories of Courage 
available from  
The Video Catalog 
1-800-733-2232, www.signals.com 

     Let My Babies Go! A Passover Story, Rugrats/Nickelodeon 

     Moses of Egypt 
    by Lynne Reid Banks 

     From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, by E.L. Konigsburg