Adrienne Cooper

Young woman with dark hair sitting and holding guitar

December 14, 2023

Q & A with Isabel Frey, Social Justice Activist and Yiddish Singer

Sarah Biskowitz

JWA talks to Isabel Frey, social justice activist and Yiddish singer.

Topics: Israel, Folk Music

https://jwa.org/blog/q-isabel-frey-social-justice-activist-and-yiddish-singer

Adrienne Cooper at KlezKanada, August 19, 2008

Birth of Adrienne Cooper, Performer and Interpreter of Yiddish Song

September 1, 1946

Adrienne Cooper was in a way the mother of the Yiddish revival.

https://jwa.org/thisweek/sep/01/1946/birth-of-adrienne-cooper-performer-and-interpreter-of-yiddish-song

May 1, 2013

Making Trouble: Clips from the Cutting Room Floor

Steven Myers-Yawnick

While hard at work here at the Archive, I stumbled upon some interviews that ended up on the cutting room floor during production of our prizewinning documentary “Making Trouble”. Take a look at a few clips that feature fabulous Jewish women in entertainment talking about fabulous Jewish women in entertainment.

See Tovah Feldshuh speak about the ahead of her time Sophie Tucker, Alex Borstein explore Gilda Radner's beauty, Adrienne Cooper's take on Molly Picon gender roles, and Wendy Wasserstein's thoughts Jewish entertainers on and off the stage.

Topics: Comedy, Film, Theater

https://jwa.org/blog/making-trouble-clips-from-cutting-room-floor

December 28, 2011

The Lives They Lived: Jewish women to remember in 2011

Leah Berkenwald

“[Debbie Friedman] emphasized the value of every voice and the power of song to help us express ourselves and become our best selves. As she wrote for JWA's online exhibit Jewish Women and the Feminist Revolution: 'The more our voices are heard in song, the more we become our lyrics, our prayers, and our convictions.' The woman who wrote the song that asks God to 'help us find the courage to make our lives a blessing' herself modeled for us what that looks like.”—Judith Rosenbaum.
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Topics: Feminism, LGBTQIA Rights, Business & Economics, Entrepreneurs, Teachers, Food, Jewish History, Television, Music, Music, Film, Social Work, Civil Service, Organizations and Institutions, Spirituality and Religious Life, Science, Psychology and Psychiatry

https://jwa.org/blog/lives-they-lived-jewish-women-to-remember-in-2011

Adrienne Cooper, 1946 - 2011

Beyond her extraordinary artistic accomplishments, Adrienne was a mentor, resource, and role model to so many who have lived, or at least sojourned, in Yiddishland.

https://jwa.org/weremember/cooper-adrienne

December 27, 2011

Remembering Adrienne Cooper, mother of the Klezmer/Yiddish revival

Ari Davidow

Adrienne Cooper passed away on Sunday evening at the age of 65 after a long fight with cancer.

Topics: Music, Music

https://jwa.org/blog/remembering-adrienne-cooper-mother-to-klezmeryiddish-revival

A group of eleven women posing together in a courtyard

Women, Music, and Judaism in America

This article emphasizes American Jewish women’s multivalent musical choices from the eighteenth through the twenty-first centuries. In doing so, it acknowledges that mainstream Jewish liturgical, educational, art, and “popular” music histories often exclude or minimize women’s participation—as does the very term “Jewish music.” Instead, this article focuses on Jewish-identifying women’s activities in both religious and non-religious settings, rather than seeking to classify the music they create.

January 23, 2008

Postcards from Yiddishland: Singing Ghetto Songs

Anna

I spent the last week of December encamped in a Catskills hotel with about 425 klezmorim, dancers, artists, students, and lovers of Yiddish from around the world. We had gathered for the 23^rd annual KlezKamp, a music and culture extravaganza organized by Living Traditions, a nonprofit dedicated to Yiddish cultural continuity and community. During the day, we took classes on everything from Hasidic dance to world Jewish foodways; at night, we danced to the newest and oldest in Ashkenazi music in the hotel ballroom with its famous gold lamè curtains.

Topics: Holocaust, Music

https://jwa.org/blog/postcards-from-yiddishland

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