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Adiel Ben Shalom

… with Prof. Edwin Seroussi. Expertise includes Yemenite folk songs and women's singing. He contributed to …

… ensemble that specialized on the staging of Jewish folklore. She declined the invitation by the legendary … of Yosef Ben Israel, the commanding director of the Folklore Department of Kol Israel, the radio station of the … Sounds: Belief and Society ,” held by the Center for Folklore and Cultural Heritage at the Smithsonian Institute …

Léibele Schwartz

… Yom Kipur" (Panzer Records) "Leibele Schwartz in four folksongs" (Sung in Yiddish)/ Leibele Schwartz, vocals; …

Sarah Gorby

… singer known for performing Yiddish, Russian, and French folk songs. Her birth name was Sofia Gorbovskaya, and she … turn in the 1930s when she began recording Yiddish folk songs. Her recordings resonated with the Jewish … post-war recordings expanded to include Russian and French folk songs, showcasing her linguistic versatility and …

Sara Levi-Tanai

… groundbreaking dance company that combined Yemenite Jewish folklore with contemporary dance forms. As Inbal's artistic … technique. This innovative approach blended Yemenite folkloric elements with a theatrical, Western artistic …

With Songs They Respond: The Diwan of the Jews from Central Yemen

"Ahuv mehar hamor natan li morasha" (My beloved from the mountain of Myrrh has given me an inheritance)

… joy of the wedding, signed alphabetically, as is usual in folk poems. The melody of this song is one of the most … many singers, and has been the basis of a popular Israeli folk dance. (Bahat, 1983: 427). Hereby follow the …

Joe Elias

… invited to perform at the Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife as one of the first performers of Ladino music in … relatively unknown career. He played at the Philadelphia Folk Festival, the Clearwater Festival, the Smithsonian … was the only Sephardic group to perform in Israel at the folk festival in Safed. Back in the States, Joe helped …