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Hag Purim – The story behind its melody
… teachers and sung by children all over the Jewish community in British Palestine (Naor 2008). The songs were …
Toyten-tants (LKT)
… and the rituals and dances being carried out with the whole community in attendance.” Lapson 1943, p. 458-60 . “‘Danza …
The Jerusalem-Sephardic Tradition
… traditions of the Sephardic communities there. The Aleppo community held on to an ancient performance tradition of … in the entire Land of Israel. The influence of this community was part of the general process of transitioning … visited Aleppo in 1859: “On the night of Shabbat, all the community members sing pleasant songs… most of the songs and …
A Gneyve - A Yiddish Song of Theft and Poverty
… created a number of songs about poverty and how the Jewish community “dealt with economic problems on the simplest …
Karev Yom
… artistic ambitions could not find expression in a besieged community bound to a war of survival of uncertain results. …
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… informs us about the modern crisis of the diasporic Jewish community and its splintering into discrete and often … was marked by the attempt to annihilate that very same community during World War II. And, understandably, it … anthem Hatikvah at the conclusion of the Rosh Hashanah community Seder [sic] in 2010.” [45] However, besides this …
Qad Zawajunī - Here I Was Wed
… on the level of religious observance in each specific community. For example, in central Yemen cities such as the … rituals, whose number and length varies according to community. [3] For example in the south-eastern city of Rada'a, which once housed a considerable Jewish community, the wedding celebrations last a month, beginning …
Moritz Rosenhaupt
… the Mosel and in 1864 was called to serve at the developing community in Speyer. Two musicians were among his teachers: … certainly unique artifact of Jewish musical life in that community. The Klau Library, HUC-JIR/NY has Rosenhaupt’s …
Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… these songs for his contemporaneous American Jewish community as it is about preserving them for future … many) produced by Harry Coopersmith (such as the “Jewish Community Songster” (1931) and the “Songs of Zion” (1942)). …
A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… as an order according to the order and tradition of the community of Niren Burg that they had from times immemorial … he reflects his upbringing in the Victorian British Jewish community in which the lines separating Ashkenazi and …