… Edith Gerson Kiwi Archive The recorded collection of the Baghdad-born cantor Yaakov Huri is one of the largest … of Yaakov Huri is included in a separate file.   From Baghdad to Jerusalem: Yaakov David Huri’s biography Yaakov David Huri was born in Baghdad in 1914 (no precise date available) to a large …

… career Yossef (Yusuf) Zaarur (يوسف زعرور) was born in Baghdad in either 1902 or 1896—per Israeli immigration … documents—to a family of ten children. As with most Baghdadi Jews, Zaarur attended synagogue services and … reticence. This generational tension between well-to-do Baghdadi Jewish families and their youngsters who loved …

… … Babylon … Hebrew cantillation … Geniza … Babylonian … Baghdadi … Tova Beeri … Joseph Albaradani … The great cantor of Baghdad : the liturgical poems of Joseph Ben Hayyim …

… ad kever Yehezkel ha-navi. Song about travels from Baghdad to the tomb of Ezekiel the Prophet. The tomb of the … mid-20th century.  Performed by Ezra ben hakham David from Baghdad on July 21, 1913. Cylinder # 663.         1:56 This … to the tomb of Ezekiel the Prophet in Al Kifl (south of Baghdad) around the festival of Shavu’ot and also Succoth, …

… Joseph Albarandi lived in Baghdad during the tenth century. Sources suggest that he … of Babylonian origin and probably lived his whole life in Baghdad. According to his name, his family came from Baradan- a suburb of Baghdad. Albarandi composed poems for the Annual Torah …

… Shabbat and festivals. Performed by Chaim ben Shlomo from Baghdad on July 19, 1913. Cylinder # 649.        1:50 … From …

… Shavuot, Sukkot). Performed by Ezra ben hakham David from Baghdad on July 22, 1913. Cylinder # 670.        1:53 … From …

… of Songs (“Writings”). Performed by Chaim ben Shlomo from Baghdad on July 19, 1913. Cylinder # 650.        1:23 … From …

During the services of the Ninth of Av, the Scroll of Ekha (Book of Lamentations) is…