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An Ashkenazi version of “Ehad mi yode’a” in…Arabic
… years ago, I heard the song ‘Ehad mi yode’a’ in the Arabic language with the same tune. The person who performed the … already includes a linguistic ambivalence, as it mixes Hebrew with Aramaic. Without addressing anew the diverse … questions. Far from claiming that the original “Aramaized” Hebrew version customary today is not the original one, …
Idelsohn's Obituary of Abraham Goldfaden
… take on prophecy and genius. This is one of the earliest Hebrew writings published by Idelsohn (February 7, 1908) … was, as mentioned, the founder of the Jewish theatre in the language of exile [galut]. Now, after thirty years [since … as ‘Shulamis,’ ‘Bar Kochbe,’ and ‘Yemos ha-meshiech,’ as [Hebrew novelist] Abraham Mapu [1808-1867] at his time; this …
El lifne [sic] har Galil (shir hatunah)
… hashkama be-parsit . Early morning prayers in Persian language. Yigdal Elohim hai ve-yishtabeah [sic]. May the … [ or 'the mountain of Galilee') a widespread responsorial Hebrew song from the Levant. It originates in a song in the … morning prior to the opening of the formal prayers. Persian-Hebrew poets like the 14th century poet Shaheen Shirazi or …
Nehemia Allony
… a researcher in the fields of Jewish studies, literature, language and Hebrew poetry in the Middle Ages, founder and director of the Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts (1950 - 1963), served as a professor at …
Blessing Song
… and it echoes a number of the morning blessing in the Hebrew liturgy. … Oh, Lovely Parrot! - Jewish Women's Songs … Immigration … India … Indian Jewery … Jewish communities … Languages … Women … Women singing … Women's songs … Israel … …
Enni enni tirttu dinam (The fifth of Iyyar)
… declaration of Israeli independence on the fifth day of the Hebrew month of Iyyar May 14 1948 when the British rulers … Immigration … India … Indian Jewery … Jewish communities … Languages … Women … Women singing … Women's songs … Israel … …
Eliyahu Hacohen
… contributions remain sealed to those who do not command the Hebrew language. Eliyahu Hacohen was perhaps among the most notable … lectures about the most diverse aspects of the modern Hebrew song (aka Zemer ‘ivri or Shirei Eretz Israel ) in its …
Shelomo Morag
… Shlomo Morag was an Israeli professor at the department of Hebrew Language at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Morag founded the Jewish …
Kol beru’e ma’ala umata
… of Prof. Juda Leon Palache. Prof. Palache was a lecturer of Hebrew Language and Literature at the University of Amsterdam since … Cardozo, it was Zwi Werblowski, Professor Emeritus of the Hebrew University, who transmitted this tune to Leon Palache …
A Recovered Voice from the Past
… Jewish history, including among other things the revival of Hebrew in Ottoman Palestine, the creation of a new secular … himself left a rather short autobiography in English and Hebrew published towards the end of his life, when his … I was surprised to hear them speaking in the Hebrew language and what amazed me even more was hearing the …