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Brakha Tzefira
Brakha Tzefira was born in Jerusalem in 1910. Her father emmigrated from Yemen in 1887,…
The Israeli Mediterranean Style
*The following is a summary of an article by Ronit Seter, to read the full article.…
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
If you have ever searched for Hatikvah online, you were surely exposed to a barrage of…
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
Niggun ‘Akedah is an Ashkenazi melody firmly associated with the Binding of Isaac,…
Review essay: Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics
Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics:…
Moshe Cordova
Moshe Cordova
Composer, singer, ‘ud and piano player Moshe Cordova (b. Edirne,…
"Im Nin’alu Daltei Nedivim" (Were the gates of the munificent closed)
Im nin’alu daltei nedivim is a shira by Shalem Shabazi, signed Alshabazi. This poem is…
Naomi Bahat-Ratzon
Researcher focusing on traditional and folk dance of various cultures, among them the…
A Recovered Voice from the Past
Preface
The history of the Jews, Heinrich Graetz, the great nineteenth-century German…