Music in the Talmud explores the meaning and role of music within Jewish texts, prayer, and everyday life. The program weaves together passages from the Tanakh and the Talmud with Yiddish folk songs, traditional melodies, and poems by modern and contemporary Yiddish women writers. Each selection highlights the central place of music and singing in Jewish culture, underscoring its enduring power as a thread that binds Jewish life across generations.

Valeria Conte (IT/SE) - vocal, clarinet, Jewish text research and music selection
Mitia Khramtsov (RU/DE) - violin
Yanush Hurwitz (IL) - accordion
Stian Grimstad (NO/SE) - tuba
Dr Urszula Chowaniec (PL/SE) - Yiddish poems selection

The 2024 project was possible thanks to the support of:
Kulturrådet - Swedish Arts Council
Konstnärsnämnden - Swedish Arts Grants Committee
Paideia - The European Institute for Jewish Studies in Sweden
Paideia folkhögskola
Forum för Judiska Studier
Judiska församlingen i Stockholm