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Assaf Shelleg
… in the Jewish, Islamic & Near Eastern Languages and Cultures Department at Washington University in St. … (historical musicology, musicological historiography, cultural history, post-tonal theories, postcolonialism, … neoliberalism, and contemporaneity) while focusing on the cultural networks in which art …
Haggai Ben-Shammai
… of the world’s leading scholars of Karaism and Judeo-Arabic culture. His interests include also Judaeo-Arabic Bible … as co-director of the Center for the Study of Judaeo-Arabic Culture and Literature (Ben-Zvi Institute, since 1995); … in the East, the Center for the Study of Judaeo-Arabic Culture and Literature and the Friedberg Geniza Project. …
A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… against the background of the various Ashkenazi musical cultures. The Ashkenazi tradition of this pizmon comprises … and had embraced the music aesthetics of the surrounding culture. The lyric quality of the tune (Avenary’s term here …
Four Melodies for Four Questions
… new tunes, composed in the spirit of the new Hebrew musical culture, had a lively metric character calling for … as well. Eventually, 20 th century Zionist culture adopted the seder as a seminal communal event …
“Eli Eliyahu:” The Havdalah Piyyut and its Melodies
… line of verses, by way of double repitition. It is difficult to construct meanings of words in the melody because of …
El Incendio de Saloniki: The Song of the Fire
… is essentially comprised of a few hundred vital years of cultural life, tragically bookended by the expulsion from … to the Great Fire, Saloniki stood as a major hub of Jewish cultural activity. Though some Jews had lived in … population influx, Saloniki was transformed into a multicultural city and commercial hub with a Jewish majority, …
Rabbi Meir Eleazar Atiya
… personality, which bridged Arab-Muslim and Arab-Jewish cultures without unnecessary clichés. The recognition of his …
Silvia Glocer
… of Music at the University of Buenos Aires, in the faculty of the arts, where she also received her doctorate in …
Bernardo Feuer
… a Jewish folk choir with the aim of spreading Jewish culture through the preservation and transmission of their secular music. This choir was part of the Hazomir Cultural Center and Baytelman became the president. This … Jewish (Bnei Israel) community in Chile, and promoted cultural exchanges with the Choir of the University of …
Between Tradition and Modernity
… Goldberg (author), Ms. Jutta Bogdahn-Klotz (Esslingen Cultural Office), Dr. Georg Woetzer (Head of the Friends of Jewish Culture in Esslingen and organizer of the event) and Prof. …