plural klezmorim
(ˌ)klez-ˈmȯr-əm 
1
: a Jewish instrumentalist especially of traditional eastern European music
2
: the music played by klezmorim
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Noted violinist Jake Shulman-Ment will perform a klezmer concert from 3 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, March 23, at Congregation Kneseth Israel, 330 Division St., Elgin.
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Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2025
In a similar vein, Malloy’s musical score is almost anonymously eclectic — wistful ballads, stomping pop, a smattering of EDM — but threaded through with enough strains of Russian folk and klezmer to suggest a sense of place.
—Houman Barekat, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Dance sections lacked charm; lyric passages were spiritless; the klezmer episodes in the third movement were strictly goyish.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Netsky noted the irony of the WEVD material being thrown out in the early 1980s — just as the klezmer and Yiddish culture revival was taking off.
—Jon Kalish, Sun Sentinel, 13 Nov. 2024
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Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2025
In a similar vein, Malloy’s musical score is almost anonymously eclectic — wistful ballads, stomping pop, a smattering of EDM — but threaded through with enough strains of Russian folk and klezmer to suggest a sense of place.
—Houman Barekat, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Dance sections lacked charm; lyric passages were spiritless; the klezmer episodes in the third movement were strictly goyish.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Netsky noted the irony of the WEVD material being thrown out in the early 1980s — just as the klezmer and Yiddish culture revival was taking off.
—Jon Kalish, Sun Sentinel, 13 Nov. 2024
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“Klezmer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/klezmer. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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klezmer
noun
klez·mer
ˈklez-mər
plural klezmorim
klez-ˈmȯr-əm
1
: a Jewish instrumentalist especially of traditional eastern European music
2
: the music played by klezmorim
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