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New Biography

Meir Noy

Israeli Musician, composer, teacher, cultural activist, and collector of Hebrew and Yiddish songs, 1922–1998

Facsimile of Megillat Eikha from Qumran cave 4

Song of the Month

Eikha yashvah vadad

Three short recordings of Eikha in the Iraqi tradition for Tisha B'Av, sung by Barukh Abdallah Ezra

New Publication

Forever in Our House: The Meir Noy Yiddish Song Project

Songs - never before recorded - from the notebooks of musicologist and ethnographer Meir Noy (1922–1998)

New Project

NigunimBimBom

A digital archive dedicated to Nigunim

Jewish music mapped

The Jewish Music Research Centre is pleased to launch Jewish Music Mapped (JMM), a unique digital tool for experiencing Jewish music across time and places.

Jewish music mapped

The Jewish Music Research Centre is pleased to launch Jewish Music Mapped (JMM), a unique digital tool for experiencing Jewish music across time and places.

Jewish music mapped

The Jewish Music Research Centre is pleased to launch Jewish Music Mapped (JMM), a unique digital tool for experiencing Jewish music across time and places.

Jewish music mapped

The Jewish Music Research Centre is pleased to launch Jewish Music Mapped (JMM), a unique digital tool for experiencing Jewish music across time and places.

Jewish music mapped

The Jewish Music Research Centre is pleased to launch Jewish Music Mapped (JMM), a unique digital tool for experiencing Jewish music across time and places.

Jewish music mapped

The Jewish Music Research Centre is pleased to launch Jewish Music Mapped (JMM), a unique digital tool for experiencing Jewish music across time and places.

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Portrait of Israel Lovy by Auguste Hirsch

Introduction by Eugène Manuel to Israël Lovy

Name of Document: Introduction by Eugène Manuel to Israël Lovy, Chants Religieux; Composés Pour Les Prières…

Source Readings in Jewish Music

This project is dedicated to the publication of translations and editions of primary texts drawn from archives and rare sources,…

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Zikmund (Siegmund) Schul

Jewish German composer, active musically in Theresienstadt

1916-1944

Zecharia Plavin

Israeli musician, composer, concert pianist, pedagogue, culture and society researcher

1956-

Zawel (Zevulun) Kwartin

Cantor & composer

1874-1953

Zalmen Mlotek

American conductor, pianist, composer & the Artistic Director of the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene

1951-

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Joachim Stutschewsky: Selected Recordings

Accompanying the Biographical Essay by Racheli Galay

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Edith Gerson Kiwi’s Recordings of Musical Traditions from Iran

Accompanies article by Edwin Seroussi and Stefanie Mockert

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Kabalos-Shabos (LKT)

This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT compiles a wide array of source materials that shed l…

Hopkele (LKT)

This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT compiles a wide array of source materials that shed l…

Gezungnungs-marsh (LKT)

This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT compiles a wide array of source materials that shed l…

Rikud (LKT)

This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT compiles a wide array of source materials that shed l…

Redele (LKT)

This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT compiles a wide array of source materials that shed l…

Gazlen-tants (LKT)

This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT compiles a wide array of source materials that shed l…

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Forever in Our House: The Meir Noy Yiddish Song Project
Forever in Our House brings to life seventeen unique Yiddish songs –…

A Life in Music
The life of Ben Zion Shenker (1925–2016) offers a window onto an…

Music Subjects in the Zohar: Texts and Indices
A compilation of passages from the Book of Splendor, the main…

The Spanish-Portuguese Jewish Liturgy
Few Jewish liturgical music traditions have been as consistently…

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