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Barbara C. Johnson
Barbara C. Johnson is an anthropologist and formerly served as coordinator of Jewish…
79. The Flag of Israel
… flag rising to the sky, (x2) Steady the Jews upon this earth; make us firm and raise us high. (x2) [Chorus] This … fifty years later in Israel “The Flag of Israel” became a particular favorite of the Nirit Singers, who performed it …
78. Golden Aliyah
… moon in the night sky and the symbol of Kerala’s Communist Party. Its lyrics were written by O.N.V. Kurup (1931–2016), a … “You Made Me a Communist”— produced by the Kerala People’s Arts Club (KPAC) in 1952—which was later made into a film … in Kerala’s first state election chose the Communist Party of India to lead their state government. By this time …
75. It Is Dawning
… Kerala. As pointed out by Dileepkumar (2006), the second part of the melody and the insistent cadence of the entire … Gandhi’s Salt March that year (Andaluttu 1997, 15–19). [1] Part of the melody also echoes the popular 1940s Hindi song, …
74. The Fifth of Iyar
… (x2) [Chorus] Each year from 1948 until their mass departure for Israel in 1954, Kerala Jews celebrated Israeli … in nearby Chendamangalam. The centrality of community participation in such events is highlighted in the lines … the singer of the cinema song is counting the joy in his heart, rather than the days to Israeli independence. … 52 … 7 …
73. Singing, Singing [Zionist]
… Presence of God! As we’re singing hymns of praise, so our hearts are full of joy. 2. Dr. Chaim Weizmann—with long life … and Weizmann is found in the 1950s stanzas added on as part II to the earlier song 71 (“Our Ancient Hope”). … 52 … …
72. The Hope in the Jewish Heart
… śaraņa śubhaṃ Jīvicirikkunna kālaměllā 1. In the Jewish heart there dwells a hope, And through the ages it will … … Women singing … Cochin … 72. The Hope in the Jewish Heart …
71. Our Ancient Hope
… nalkiya nāḍuṅgal iniyuṃ tiriyeṇḍatinu 2. The hope in our hearts since ancient times still has not faded away— The hope … the home of David the king. 3. As long as our Jewish heart loves our People then we always can hope That God Who … us, the singers—the ones who are singing Your praise. Part II (early 1950s) 8. May David Ben Gurion, our prime …
Eliezer Goldberg, alias Leyzerke Kremenitser
… religious pieces to be performed by cantor and a four-part choir consisting of boys and men. His compositions are … musical cultures, especially Eastern European religious and art music as well as Ukrainian folk singing, incorporating …
Sylwia Jakubczyk-Ślęczka
… life of Galician Jews. She is also the author of numerous articles on the topic, as well as a monograph on prewar …