Why it matters
A personal search, shared through song
My search in this life: to know myself and my people better, and to tell others about it, through songs.
Walter J. Kin · Songwriter, arranger and founder
HavaNagila.org
Jewish Songs. For All.
What does it mean to be Jewish today? A quest through song. Each episode is one Jewish song, the story it survived, a new English recording, and a picture world you watch here.
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100+recordings
2017active since
Walk the house
Rooms of this house
The founder
Journey
Walter J. Kin from Derbent to Israel and New York, told in his own words.
The catalogSongs
Selected recordings in this house, from the Russian bridge to English.
RemembranceHolocaust
Five songs that survived ghettos and camps, kept with their names and places.
FamiliesHoliday Songs
English holiday songs for the table, school and family.