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Yossef (Yusuf) Zaarur
… Childhood and early musical career Yossef (Yusuf) Zaarur (يوسف زعرور) was born in Baghdad in either 1902 or 1896—per Israeli immigration documents—to a family of ten children. … in Baghdad as a Palestinian refugee during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war; see Dori 2022:198 ). Zaarur trained numerous …
A cantor’s pledge in the High Holyday’s Provençal liturgy (Minhag Carpentras)
… unique texts such as the selection of Psalm verses whose music is discussed below. The memory of the melodies and … remaining leaders of this unique community to preserve in music notation whatever was left from the liturgical … titled Chants hebraïques suivant le rite des communautes Israelites de l’ancien Comtat Venaissin (Paris: Delanchy: …
Haim Louk
… charismatic teacher who greatly influenced Louk's musical path. At the age of 10, Louk met Rabbi David Buzaglo … , and the Piyyut Festival , collaborating with leading Israeli musicians. In 2011, he was awarded the Ministry of … via Wikimedia Commons) … 73 … 41400 … A leading Israeli Paytan, representative of North African piyyut …
Sara Levi-Tanai
… Sara Levi-Tanai was an Israeli choreographer, playwright, and lyricist renowned for … she worked as a teacher and kindergarten instructor, using music and dance to educate children and pass on Yemeni … themes of exile and redemption, resonating deeply with the Israeli public and the Jewish diaspora. Levi-Tanai was …
"Ayumah be-har hamor" (The Beloved on the mountain of myrrh)
… illustrate the way in which it has been assimilated into Israeli music over a period of generations. The hallmark of personal …
Léibele Schwartz
… on March 22, 1928 as Yehudah Leib Kirzner. He began his music studies as a child with his father, Yaakov, who was a … Borenstein , and on the bilingual radio program La Hora Israelita (The Jewish Hour) in the Radio Porteña station. In … to Argentina in 1970, Schwartz became the cantor of the Israelite Congregation of the Argentine Republic, known as …
James Levy
… The musical lore of James Levy's family has deep roots in … services at the synagogue of the newly created Congregación Israelita Latina of Buenos Aires in 1891 ( The Jewish … Presence in Latin America ). He also composed liturgical music. Following his father's death, Samuel moved to …
Mapping of German Liturgical Music
… The Jewish Music Research Centre is proud to present a map of all known … Sacred Musical Intersections" funded by the German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development/Deutsch-Israelische Stiftung für Wissenschaftliche Forschung und …
A Recovered Voice from the Past
… in the Jewish past. A case in point is the scholar and musician Avraham Zvi Idelsohn, the founding father of modern Jewish musical research. Idelsohn’s life traversed several … Marcus, Amy D. Jerusalem 1913: The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict . New York: Viking, 2007, chapter 5. The …
Lekh le-shalom geshem
… and London bears a similarity with the opening of the Israeli national anthem, Hatiqvah , a curious fact that has …