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Vals (LKT)
… meter, usually joyful. Waltzes were adopted from non-Jewish cultures by the Hasidic dynasties in Poland and Central …
The Jerusalem-Sephardic Tradition
… that were adopted in the recent past and earlier from the cultures that surrounded the Spanish Jewish exiles in …
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… and Language: Hebrew Culture in Israel , 1890-1990, in Cultures of the Jews: A New History , ed. David Biale. New … Locus and Language: Hebrew Culture in Israel, 1890-1990, in Cultures of the Jews: A New History , ed. David Biale. New …
Assaf Shelleg
… in the Jewish, Islamic & Near Eastern Languages and Cultures Department at Washington University in St. … returns to diasporic Jewish cultures, returns that among other …
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 …
El Incendio de Saloniki: The Song of the Fire
… of Greeks acknowledging the ways in which Sephardic musical cultures shaped and interacted with daily life in Saloniki …
Rabbi Meir Eleazar Atiya
… personality, which bridged Arab-Muslim and Arab-Jewish cultures without unnecessary clichés. The recognition of his …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… scale, thus enriching the pentatonic music in various cultures. Chailley applied Brailoiu’s observations in …
Review essay: Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics
… Melngailis’s collection that relate specifically to Baltic cultures are rather an exception. Recruiting folk songs in … of the theory of the proto-Indo-European roots of European cultures, a theory grounded on strong linguistic evidence. … this negative view of the Asian origins of European cultures contrasts with a predominant Zionist rhetoric that …
La Galana: A Very Old-New Sephardic Song
… around the world offer unique vistas on past musical cultures. These findings show the extent to which …