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Seattle Yiddish anti-fascist folk-punk

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הערט זיך צו סטעפֿאַניע אויפן פּאָדקאַסט "פּראָסטע יידיש"!
Listen to Stefanie on the newest episode of the Proste Yiddish podcast! Stef talks about her two bands Brivele & Shpilkis, as well as her musical yikhes.

If you're not familiar with Proste Yiddish, it is a podcast for listening to simple yiddish stories that are super engaging for folks learning yiddish. Every episode has a transcript with a vocabulary list and definitions of key words. Check it out!

@proste_yiddish
@shpilkisseattle
@brivelemusic by @brivelemusic

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5 days ago

Weaving together interpretative translations, research, interviews, and sounds, Ways of Awe is a queer anti-Zionist audio companion for the Jewish High Holidays. We just passed 5,000 downloads! 🎉 Thank you to everyone in this web of listeners.

Will you help us to create Season Two? We have a goal to fundraise $3,000, and it will go towards studio hours, editing, and production costs, as well as to Signal Fire Co-op for hosting and promoting our project. In this time where money is needed to fund so many essential efforts, we invite you to match whatever amount you give to Ways of Awe towards the movement for Palestinian liberation. Link in bio. by @brivelemusic

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10 days ago

Guess what? A bonus episode just dropped: Ways of Awe Live! This episode weaves together reflections on Kol Nidre, Al-Cheyt, and Kaddish—from our brilliant friends Stefanie Fox, Devin Naar, Rachel Edelman, Tzali Loren, Jenny Asarnow, Anna Goren, Jimmy Austin, Peter Lippman, and Laurie Andres. Listen wherever you stream your podcasts.

If you found Ways of Awe to be a meaningful addition to your High Holidays season: Will you help us to create Season Two? We have a goal to fundraise $3,000 and it will go towards studio hours, editing and production costs, as well as to Signal Fire Co-op for hosting and promoting our project. We know this is a time where money is needed to fund so many essential efforts. We invite you to match whatever amount you give to Ways of Awe towards the movement for Palestinian liberation. Link in bio! by @brivelemusic

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11 days ago

On October 4, 1936, ninety years ago today, over 100,000 people (and maybe as many as half a million) stood in the streets of London's predominantly Jewish east end to block fascists from marching through. The city government permitted this fascist march, the police beat people who tried to block the way, and the leader of these fascists was a former member of Parliament, Oswald Mosely.

We covered and sing a ballad of the battle of Cable Street, written by The Young'uns @theyoungunstrio based on the remembrances of a survivor of the battle of Cable Street, Johnny Longstaff. The Young'uns wrote an entire song cycle/show about him. We sing to remember, honor, and celebrate the people's victory over fascists -- when people of all ages and backgrounds stood together in solidarity against fascism. We have defeated fascists before and we will do it again.

They shall not pass -- ¡No pasaran! by @brivelemusic

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15 days ago

Save the date! Our dear comrades @sisterwifesexstrike are calling it quits and going out in style. Looking out into the horizon, their last show will be at @veraproject on May 8, 2027 and we are so honored to be there along with @orchard.ladder and all y'all dancing up a storm. by @brivelemusic

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19 days ago

Last night, I went to a book talk by Dave Zirin @edgeofsports to hear about his new biography of Howard Zinn z"l. It occurred to me as i arrived to the bookstore that maybe I should have brought an album with me to give to Dave. Cradle Songs, Grave Songs has a song on it with text lifted from Zinn's essay "Don't Despair about the Supreme Court," set to a melody i learned from the great singer, teacher, and folklorist Ethel Raim in 2018 during the hearings to (regrettably) appoint Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.

Sports commentator and now biographer of Zinn, it was truly delightful to listen to Dave talk about the life and legacy of our great historian. I am looking forward to reading this book.

And if you haven't heard our aforementioned song, there is a link in our IG bio to our music, and also here:
https://brivele.bandcamp.com/track/don-t-despair-about-the-supreme-court by @brivelemusic

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a month ago

Our dear comrade Peter Lippman invited us to play at his monthly salon Muhabbet, at Cafe Paloma, along with his band Suki's Klez Jam -- Paloma & Muhabbet are some of our absolute favorite spaces to be in in Seattle. And between sets, we had a stimulating conversation to recognize this time of year on the Jewish calendar, discussing interventions to religious, nationalist, and zionist indoctrination, in part inspired by Maia's new podcast @waysofawe

gut yontif ale, un gut yor

First photo credit: @dylanchey by @brivelemusic

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a month ago

Some belated photos of the fantastic sights at @shbangfestival Sh'bang! In addition to our set, Maia led Yiddish dancing while Stef played with @shpilkisseattle by @brivelemusic

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a month ago

@shbangfestival is this weekend! The lineup is fantastic, our set is on Friday at 6pm at the Saloon Stage, we are so excited to see you there! by @brivelemusic

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2 months ago

"This is not a prayer. This is about border crossing.

By arriving at Kol Nidre, we have given permission to take part in this mournful and magical legal proceeding and we have agreed to do so amongst, alongside, with the “avar’yanim,” often translated as “the transgressors” or “the sinners.” The root of this word, avar, means to pass, to cross a border, to swell, to run over... it can also simultaneously mean to transgress and to forgive or pass-over a transgression. Border crossing is an activity of harm and healing - we have the capacity to transgress boundaries in harm as well as pass-over (angel of death style) the mistakes we make."

- Maia Brown, from the Kol Nidre episode

Link in bio to listen. by @brivelemusic

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2 months ago

Last night's backyard show in Montreal with A Glezele Tey and Jordan Wax was dreamy! We are honored to have been the first show in this new Kehilla House community space, we are excited for the many more great things that will come together here. Thanks everyone who came out and held tight despite the broken toilet and our surprise fourth act The Rain! by @brivelemusic

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2 months ago

Sitting around determining whether/weather it will rain during our backyard show tonight, which is happening rain or shine or anything in between!

Brivele (Seattle)
Jordan Wax (New Mexico)
A Glezele Tey (Western Mass)

Doors at 6:30, music at 7pm
$10-$20 (no one turned away)
The entrance is in a ruelle/alley: Ruelle Labrecque facing Parc Robert-Prévost. It's wheelchair accessible. The house bathroom is under renovation, but theres a wheelchair-accessible bathroom at the Super C grocery store 3-5minutes walk or roll away. Biz bald! by @brivelemusic

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2 months ago