How Is Regina Spektor Connected to the Women Who Took Instruments Out of Egypt? |
In Parshat Beshalach, Shmot 15:20 after the men sang “Az Yashir”, The Song of the Sea we read: “Miriam the prophetess, sister of Aharon, took the drum in her hand; and all the women followed her with drums and dancing.” Rashi quotes the Mechilta to explain where the drums came
from: “The righteous women of that generation were sure that God would perform
miracles for them so they took drums out of When the Jews were finally able to leave Many Israelis who made aliya from In 1989, the Spektors, a family of talented musicians
arrived from When I was in a teen theater group in Riverdale, we had the honor of having Bella, the mother, accompany us on the piano during one of our performances. Although Bella could not bring over her Petrof piano from When the Spektor’s arrived in Adinah Kranzler who ran a summer art camp donated a piano
that was no longer needed to the Spektors. A Regina Spektor is now a famous singer-songwriter and record producer yet she still never got rid of the old piano. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal on November 8,
2013,
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