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A Recovered Voice from the Past
… saints, or Leidensgeschichte and Geistesgeschichte . Jewish Studies in this formulation consisted of the commemoration … as a whole. He left behind a legacy of iconic books and cultural artifacts that still define in many ways the Jewish … the Bekhar family, were a prominent component of this agricultural settlement’s population. Only after 1909 the colony …
Idelsohn’s trilingual autobiography and Yiska Idelsohn’s oral memoire
… parents, early childhood in Libau (1883-1895) and yeshiva studies in Zamut (1895-1900) English version: I was born in … they are renegades or assimilants, and detest all Jewish cultural values. 4) The few composers who remained within … could be printed, for soon the world-war broke out and all cultural activities had to stop. I was enlisted in the …
Enrico Fink
… interests together with his ongoing rabbinical studies, and is often involved in chazanut in his home … he has devoted himself to new interpretations of the Jewish cultural tradition, finding a path between "radical" and …
Sarah Harat
… Yosef Yitzhak Halevi, enriched her horizons with studies of sacred texts. Sarah accompanied her grandmother … Belief and Society ,” held by the Center for Folklore and Cultural Heritage at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington … for her contribution for the preservation of her cultural heritage. The Amnon Shiloah Collection at the Sound …
Sara Levi-Tanai
… and Yemenite traditions, significantly shaped Israel's cultural landscape. Sara Levi-Tanai was born in Jerusalem to … economic hardships, Levi-Tanai's family maintained a rich cultural and religious life, profoundly influencing her … Inbal Dance Theater." Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies & Gender Issues , no. 11 (Spring 2006): 164-197. …
Haim Louk
… school in Casablanca, which integrated Jewish religious studies with general education, including French language classes. The curriculum encompassed Talmudic studies, piyyutim (Jewish liturgical poetry), traditional … piyyut to diverse audiences. Louk was actively involved in cultural initiatives such as Kehillot Sharot , Yedidi …
Tish-nigunim Ascribed to Yosl Tolner and the Aesthetics of the Genre
… ritual and thought has been extensively explored, few studies have delved deeply into the musical characteristics … distancing of post- Holocaust congregations from the cultural contexts in which Hasidic music originally emerged. … of Hasidic communities to new geographical, political, and cultural frameworks were accompanied by rapid musical …
Yaakov Huri
… work, they studied Torah. Huri’s dedication to cantorial studies demanded that he deepen his study even further. The … was the Minhat Yehuda Synagogue, a spiritual and cultural center of the “Babylonian” (“bavlim” is how Iraqi … Yemen) up to Iran and the Indian subcontinent. These socio-cultural units adhere also to the self-perception of the …
A Flowering Debate: A Judeo-Spanish Song (not just) for Tu BiShvat
… of the trees.” This celebration of the beginning of the agricultural cycle at the end of winter is a relatively newcomer … revisit this unique song in its wider historical and cross-cultural context considering the availability of a wealth of … , shirot vetishbaḥot , dated in 1794). In her path-breaking studies of El debate de las flores , Romero ( 1976 ; 1988 : …