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Mordekhai Hershman
Mordekhai (Mordecai; Mordkhe) Hershman was born in 1888 in Chernigov (Polish: Chernikhov…
Joshua Weisser (Pilderwasser)
Joshua Samuel Weisser (Pilderwasser) was born in 1888 in Novaya Ushitsa, Ukraine. As a…
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Voices in the sanctuary: Musical Practices of the American Synagogue
The system that defines the musical and liturgical practices of the Ashkenazi synagogue…
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Observations on Practices of Nusach in America
The move from 'Old-World' Europe to modern and late-modern America, so far as the…
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Judeo-Spanish songs in the Sephardic communities of Montreal and Toronto: Survival, function, change
Ph.D. dissertation. An examination of traditional Judeo-Spanish song in the Sephardic…
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Just harmonizing in their own way': Change and reaction in Judeo-Spanish song.
The transplantation of traditional Sephardic songs to other contexts involves the…
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Jewish Liturgical Music in the Wake of Nineteenth-Century Reform
The essay presents a fresh overview of the changes and continuities in Nineteenth-…
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Liturgical-Musical Customs at the Dawn of a New Era: Continuity and Change in Salomon Geiger’s Divrey Kehillot
Geiger’s work testifies to the overwhelming continuity of the liturgical-musical customs…
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Is Popular Culture Defining Synagogue Music
As Reform synagogues across the nation reshape their musical styles, debate continues…
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Parallels Between the Old–French and the Jewish Song
A somewhat controversial article in which Idelsohn tries to show traces of Jewish music…