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Alicia Benassayag Bendayan
… life, she treasured within her memory the Judeo-Spanish songs of the North Moroccan Sephardic community, playing a … During her youth, she was surrounded by the women’s songs of the Jewish community of Tetuan. Romances (ballads) … Protectorate in 1956. Alicia, her husband, and their four children arrived in Israel in 1962 and settled in Ashkelon. …
Purim Lanu, Pesah a la Mano: Celebrating Flory Jagoda (1923-2021)
… the opening line of one of the most popular modern Ladino songs, “Pesah a la mano,” authored by singer, accordionist, … most remarkable folk performers of traditional Sephardic songs within the American scene. Eventually she became an … diziendo a los niyetos, The grandmother is telling the grandchildren, alimpiya il puelvo, kantones i loz techos. clean …
Book review: James Kaplan, Irving Berlin: New York Genius
… Berlin’s death, and 70 years since his last significant songs were written. I (like Kaplan and Bergreen) am 70 years … melody identified at all by Generation Z, that of my grandchildren. This is an issue which Kaplan does not … a synagogue. He married a Catholic and brought up his children in a blandly Christian tradition. A clear hint is …
In The Land Of The Pyramids: A Secular Take On Passover
… Studying songs for Passover offers us a rich field of inquiry into … is refracted anew through secular prisms and taught to children as part of nonreligious Yiddishist curricula. Its … There all Jews were His servants, his slaves. Precious children watched When a brick was missing; Who knows how …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… Others connect the stories of parents killing their own children to prevent them from being forced to convert to … of the Binding of Isaac and was also used for additional songs in Hebrew and Yiddish, the content of which relates to … indication “ Be-niggun ‘Akedah ” appears, however, before songs which are not ‘Akedah piyyutim , but should yet be …
Bernardo Feuer
… as the caretaker of a synagogue and the family had four children: Alter, Miriam, Isaac and the youngest, Bernardo. … synagogue material and included arrangements of Jewish folk songs, choral parts of operas in the original language or … Jewish schools in Buenos Aires, where he also conducted the children's choirs. In 1942, he moved to the city of Rosario …
“Eli Eliyahu:” The Havdalah Piyyut and its Melodies
… during the Sabbath. Therefore, a prominent motif in these songs is the figure of Elijah the Prophet (Eliyahu), whose … version (which means primarily Baghdadi) appears among songs for the Sabbath, the Sephardic version is included in … style. His version of the piyyut was recorded live by a children’s choir with orchestral accompaniment conducted by …
Debbie Friedman’s Shema’ Koleinu: An ancient prayer in a new musical garment
… of liturgical and religious Jewish themes, educational songs for children, community and identity-building songs for youth, and introspective songs meant for spiritual …
Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… … In 1926, in “New Palestinean [sic] Folk Songs” – one of the earliest Zionist songbooks published in … of the twentieth century there are many such commonplace songs. Some of them became popular in one social circle or … the other? Is one a variation on the other? Are they both “children” of some older melody – and did that melody have …
Haint Iz Purim, Brider, Part II
… her unique, wide-ranging style, is in fact a suite of Purim songs. It opens with ‘Haint Iz Purim, Brider,’ which eventually becomes a refrain used between the other songs of the suite. Amid these repetitions of ‘Haint Iz … modern Israeli repertoire of Purim songs, especially for children. ‘Shoshanat Yaakov’ includes therefore the stanza …