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Rabbi David Buzaglo
… website. A musical and rabbinical prodigy since his early days, Rabbi Buzaglo was born in 1901 or 1903 (no records … he allowed them to be performed on the Sabbath and on holidays when musical instruments were not allowed to be played. … a Russian melody that marks a key event in the 1948 War of Independence. Guri’s poem memorializes the heroism of those …
Yaakov Huri
… were supported by the Jewish community, worked during the day for their livelihood, and when they finished their work, … and Sima Huri, Jerusalem, 1940 During the 1948 War of Independence Huri volunteered at a hospital. With the … of a dynasty of leading cantors still active in Israel today. In addition, Huri began studying Kabbalah in Jerusalem …
38. Ĕṇṇi Ĕṇṇi Tiṟttu Dinam (The Fifth of Iyyar)
… Zionist song celebrating the declaration of Israeli independence on the fifth day of the Hebrew month of Iyyar May 14 1948 when the … the Mandate. It praises the Jewish youth who "took up" the independence which was handed over by "the brutal …
Jewish Music Collections at the Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine in Kyiv
… around the globe and the Kyiv collection continue to this day, three decades after it started. The Jewish Music … visited the Jewish National and University Library (JNUL [today the National Library of Israel]) in Jerusalem. As the … and institutions with the Kyiv collection following the independence of Ukraine in 1991, much has happened. The …
Yom Yom Odeh: Towards the Biography of a Hebrew Baidaphon Record
… Hebrew para-liturgical hymn called “ Yom Yom Odeh ” (Every day I am grateful), which was released in the early 1920s by … focus on the record’s contemporary social interpretation. Today, the famous record is carefully stored in the shelves of … in the context of the region’s struggle for national independence and which, contrary to terms such as ṭarab or …
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… This quest produced speculative theories that are today obsolete since we know the precise circumstances in … and events such as in the ceremony of the declaration of independence of the State of Israel in May 15, 1948 (twice, … that we will never forget the undying Jewish hope for independence and that we will do all within our power to …
Karev Yom
… radio station in the afterglow of Bikel’s ninetieth birthday. The interview was held at the initiative of the Israeli … end of the interview, when asked if he remembers his early days in Tel Aviv, Bikel responded simply with the epitaph … the peak of the struggle of the Zionist movement to achieve independence in the aftermath of the Holocaust (of which he …
«A Special Kind of Antisemitism»: On Russian Nationalism and Jewish Music
… short memoir, in which he recalled a joke from his student days a half century earlier: [1] “Why are there so many … Jewish “assimilation” and calling for Jewish national independence in music, they also took pains to emphasize a … So too did Zionist cultural nationalism emphasize its independence from Russia and Eastern Europe and the music …
Prayer for the state
… State of Israel” heard on “Kol Israel” (Israel Radio) on Independence Day of 1950 at the Yeshurun Synagogue in downtown Jerusalem. … in synagogues in Israel and abroad on Sabbaths, holidays, Independence Day and Jerusalem Day in lieu of the old prayer …
Pillar of fire: a television history of Israel’s rebirth: VII. A nation reborn (1947-1948)
… Orchestra (IPO) … Palestine Symphony Orchestra (PSO) … Independence Day … Yom Ha'atzma'ut … Levy, Shem-Tov … Pillar of fire: a …