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Debbie Friedman’s Shema’ Koleinu: An ancient prayer in a new musical garment
… began in the 1960s, developing out of the folk music and communal singing tradition of Jewish summer camps. Jewish youth first … where many worshippers were seeking more accessible, communal modes of prayer. Friedman’s early compositions were …
Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
… center as a transformation, analogous to the personal and communal transformation sought during the High Holidays. And … ———. Forthcoming. Singing God’s Words: The Performance of Biblical Chant in …
Qad Zawajunī - Here I Was Wed
… … Background Qad Zawajunī is a form of 'play song” or singing game commonly performed among the Jewish communities … on contemporary dance. At the same time, she also enjoyed a singing and acting career in Israel and abroad and she … listeners/participants as a type of “echo” which creates 'a communal space in which individuals are in contact and are …
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… 1948. The present-day text then was forged in an elaborate communal process with the participation of various educators … to wander around the streets of Rishon le-Tziyyon loudly singing the Russian revolutionary song ‘Mi za svobodu … to the next. In that form it proved difficult to sing communally, and it did not take off—despite token prizes …
Atah Ehad
… 2013. … Yah zekhut avot , Bohush Hassidim (Bukovina) singing at a Yortseyt Tish, recorded by Haim Rosenrauch, … a song sung in youth movements and in ' shira betzibur ' (communal sing-along events). However these recordings also … ad 's air of longing and contemplation and incorporated its singing into his weekly 'Oneg Shabbat' events which took …
Dort wo die Zeder: A Forgotten Zionist Anthem in German
… Zeder also shows how the Zionist movement engaged song and communal singing practices as a primary means for disseminating its … in Heinrich Loewe’s anthology further hammered down its communal status as an anthem. However, the showing of favor …
Israeli folksongs
… The typical performance setting of this genre is at communal singing events, that is held in auditoriums. The audience is … their days in the youth movements and the Kumzitz (a communal campfire where participants sit around, sing, and …
Communal singing
… This entry is a summarized version of the full artice about communal singing, by Talila Eliram. To read the full article, see below. Communal singing (or public singing,) is a tradition that …
Priestly Blessing- Birkat Kohanim
… communities to glorify it with unique melodies and singing. The Position of the Priestly Blessing in the … and they were similar to those that were common in the communal ceremonies of the synagogues in the United States. …
Hora
… Israeli folk dance. The Zionists, who had the custom of communal singing of both H assidic and Klezmer tunes, danced the Hora …