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Klezmer (pl. Klezmorim)
Eastern-European Jewish folk musician, generally instrumentalist. Also used as modifier…
Baqqashah (Pl. Baqqashot)
The Baqqashot (petition) is a religious practice maintained by several Jewish…
Cute Boy, Charming Girl
Cute Boy, Charming Girl: Children’s Songs of the Modern Hebrew Nation(1882-1948)…
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Freylekhs
Yiddish term, popularly used to refer to a joyful Niggun, and is still used as…
Seliha-Selihot
The word Seliha (plural- Selihot) means forgiveness in Hebrew.
In the singular form…
Hora
Origin of the term
The word originates from Rumanian. As an ancient term it meant a…
Representations of Jews in the Musical Theater of the Habsburg Empire (1788-1807)
Research on the image of the Jew in eighteenth-century literature and theater has not…
A Bookshelf On Top of the Sky: 12 Stories about John Zorn
Directed by Claudia Heuermann.
John Zorn is a Jewish American composer who has been…
Almonds and Raisins
Directed by Russ Karel
Yiddish talking cinema burst into the film scene after…
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Karaite Jews Musical Tradition
Since the establishment of this community, the Karaites have maintained the basic…