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Atah Ehad
… Rabbi David Dov Levanon, recorded by Matan Wygoda ZP 97 in the National Sound Archives, 22 December 2013. … Yah zekhut … the score should follow the natural direction of the Hebrew language – the melody is set as a responsorial piece … in the early twentieth century. The same melody set to the words 'Besefer h ayyim berakha veshalom' from High Holidays’ …
Dort wo die Zeder: A Forgotten Zionist Anthem in German
… 722 … Although the song Hatikvah became the emblematic lyrical signifier of … these songs are only remembered by a small hardcore of old Hebrew songs’ enthusiasts. Dort wo die Zeder was one of … Songs. Popular Hebrew National Songs. Dort Wo Die Zeder. Words and Music by L. [sic] N. Imber. Arr. by A. R. Zagler, …
Israeli folksongs
… * This entry is a summarized version of the full artice about Israeli folksongs by Talila Eliram. To … bands, Arik Einstein, and Shoshana Damari ; and poets whose words were used for the lyrics of the songs, such as, Natan … and settling in Palestine) to create an image of a new, Hebrew, non-Diaspora Jew. As part of this effort, music held …
Yiddish Folksong (The Music of the Yiddish Folksong)
… The Yiddish language, which probably began to develop around … morphology, and prosody of Yiddish combine German and Hebrew components, and in Eastern Europe also elements of Slavic languages, as well as words of other surrounding languages. In a similar manner, …
‘I’m Sorry, It’s Yom Kippur’: Atonement through Punk (and Traditional Jewish Music)
… Our song for this month is I'm sorry, It’s Yom Kippur by the Brooklyn based band Schmekel (Yiddish for a small … One definition to the term transgender can be found in the words of Rabbi Elliot Kukla who explained the term in an … the song. Here are some of the opening lines of the Hebrew prayer: For the sin which we have committed against …
Brakha Tzefira
… Brakha Tzefira was born in Jerusalem in 1910. Her father emmigrated from Yemen in 1887, and settled in the then … They used to challenge themselves by attempting to suit the words of Hebrew poems, especially those of Bialik, to the Arabic or …
Priestly Blessing- Birkat Kohanim
… [1] The triple blessing, or the Priestly Blessing, is arguably … found in its succinct form. The prayer is no more than 15 words long and is organized through three sophisticated … figure in which each of their hands makes the shape of the Hebrew letter Shin ( ש ) , and bring their hands together so …
Hora
… Origin of the term The word originates from Rumanian. As an ancient … example no.2 ). The Hora dance in Israel In the renewing Hebrew language, the term became a synonym to an Israeli … they became associated as Hora tunes. 3 In time, Hebrew words were written for these tunes (such as the famous song …

Society for Jewish Folk Music
… Violins, Voice and Jews In the spring of 1897, on the eve of the Russian Orthodox … “The young Engel was overwhelmed, bewildered… [Stasov’s] words struck Engel’s imagination like lightning… this was … be no Klezmer revival as it is flourishing today. The Hebrew National Style While each of the composers of the new …
Hay ram galeh
… H ay ram galeh is a rather recent example of the extensive practice of … tradition of turning secular Arabic songs into sacred Hebrew ones. Halevi is certainly not a trained poet but … ram galeh with its transliteration and English translation. Words in brackets are variants found in performance, …