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Contemporary Ashkenazi Synagogue Music in Israel: Some Aspects of Change in a Relocated Tradition
… research currently being done on Ashkenazi prayer nusach in Israeli synagogues. A few examples of musical change are given and …
A Song of Dawn
… Jerusalem Sephardi Baqqashot are today performed in various synagogues in Israel, and even beyond its borders, it is … … Songs … Sephardi … Jerusalem … Synagogue music … Synagogues … Israeli Synagogues … Sephardi … Avraham Caspi … Essica Marks …
Yosef Hadar
… mother Yafa and his father Yehiel were both members of the Israeli Opera under Golinkin, and of the Tel Aviv Choir … both classical/operatic repertoire and contemporary Israeli repertoire from his parents. At the age of seven, … entered the repertoire of liturgical prayer melodies. Many synagogues use the melody to sing the piyut, 'Lecha Dodi' …
Jo Amar
… disregarded. Amar was a rebel within contemporary Israeli culture, opposing the trend of turning Western music into the defining Israeli music style. Eventually, his continuation to … away, he continued to perform, singing piyutim in various synagogues. Around the early 2000’s, Amar, father of four …
Asher Shimon Mizrahi
… was a great admirer of Asher Mizrahi. In an interview on Israeli television for the movie series “Mikratago … was distributed on Shabbat Zachor, a day dedicated by many synagogues to the memory of Asher Mizrahi. Eulogies were …
Rahamim Amar
… activities: composition, choral conducting (including in synagogues) and education. Most of his compositions are … incorporated modern elements inspired by Oriental-tinged Israeli popular music. His purpose was to make Eastern music … 1950s and 1960s controlled the Arab music section of the Israeli radio. Although he performed in the Arab music …
Mordechai Yardeni (Motl Sherman)
… where he performed in concerts and on the radio as an 'Israeli' singer, with a repertoire of 'Israelian' songs and Jewish liturgy. From 1940 he began to accept offers from various synagogues on the East Coast of the United States and …


