The Jewish Song Show

04/18/2025

In 1933, a group of Chicago Jews took over Soldier Field — not with a football game, but with a 6,000-person theatrical pageant tracing 3,000 years of Jewish history.

It was called “The Romance of a People,” and it was a Broadway-meets-Bible, Torah-meets-spotlight spectacle. There were torch dances, choral chants, a giant Moloch idol (yes, really), and a vision for a Jewish future in Palestine.

125,000 people came to see it.
It raised $100,000 to rescue Jews from N**i Germany.
And then… it was mostly forgotten.

Until now.

👇 Swipe to discover this hidden moment of Jewish pride, performance, and power — born in the City of Big Shoulders. Learn more on The Jewish Song Show.

12/24/2024

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12/19/2024

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Eight awesome reads for the budding Jewish ethnomusicologist in all of us.

12/03/2024

What better day than to share a belated thank you to our dear friend, Stuart Rosenberg z"l...

Elegy to a faaabulous Rebbe.

09/24/2024

The Yiddish Banger That Beat the N**is!

02/22/2024

We're kvelling in the telling! The podcast is coming soon, but join us behind the scenes for our first blog post!

“If you’ve read this story before, don’t stop me because I’d like to hear it again.” – Groucho Marx Great jews in music? Irving Berlin—né Yisrael Bellin—master of American song who gave us “There’s No Business Like Show Business”, “G-d Bless America”, and “Puttin’ On T...