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Baqqashah (Pl. Baqqashot)
The Baqqashot (petition) is a religious practice maintained by several Jewish…
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Ekhah
The third of the Five Scrolls in the Bible, read on the Ninth of Av. In rabbinic…
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Responsorial Singing
“Call and response,” “responsive,” or “responsorial” is a singing performance style in…
Priestly Blessing- Birkat Kohanim
[1]The triple blessing, or the Priestly Blessing, is arguably the most…
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Karaite Jews Musical Tradition
Since the establishment of this community, the Karaites have maintained the basic…
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Falashas No More
Produced by Helen Marmor
In 1984 a vast operation, known as Operation Moses,…
Yiddish Folksong (The Music of the Yiddish Folksong)
The Yiddish language, which probably began to develop around the tenth century A.D. in…
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Steiger
A term in use in the European Jewish musical tradition to refer to the different modal…
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Music in Jewish History and Culture
A survey of Jewish music from Biblical times to the present that compiles a great amount…
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Music of the Ghetto and the Bible
Written as a memoire of the musical encounters of the author, composer and conductor…