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Zemirot
The word Zemirot means literally 'songs' or 'hymns' but is used to refer to two specific…
Responsorial Singing
“Call and response,” “responsive,” or “responsorial” is a singing performance style in…
Kabalat Shabat
Kabalat Shabat refers to the part of the Friday evening service that precedes the…
Seliha-Selihot
The word Seliha (plural- Selihot) means forgiveness in Hebrew.
In the singular form…
Almonds and Raisins
Directed by Russ Karel
Yiddish talking cinema burst into the film scene after…
Priestly Blessing- Birkat Kohanim
[1]The triple blessing, or the Priestly Blessing, is arguably the most…
Kedusha
A responsorial prayer segment from the third benediction of Hazarat Hashatz recited by…
Yiddish Folksong (The Music of the Yiddish Folksong)
The Yiddish language, which probably began to develop around the tenth century A.D. in…
Steiger
A term in use in the European Jewish musical tradition to refer to the different modal…
The Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam
The beautiful Dutch synagogue is also known by its Ladino name, Esnoga, and is one of…