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Hora
Origin of the term
The word originates from Rumanian. As an ancient term it meant a…
Brakha Tzefira
Brakha Tzefira was born in Jerusalem in 1910. Her father emmigrated from Yemen in 1887,…
LeBelibo Agas VeGam Tapuach
This musical television special, hosted by Ehud Manor and conducted and arranged by…
Israeli folksongs
* This entry is a summarized version of the full artice about Israeli folksongs by…
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Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
If you have ever searched for Hatikvah online, you were surely exposed to a barrage of…
Review essay: Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics
Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics:…
Eliyahu Hacohen
There are scholars of Jewish and Israeli culture whose crucial contributions remain…
A Recovered Voice from the Past
Preface
The history of the Jews, Heinrich Graetz, the great nineteenth-century German…
Léibele Schwartz
Schwartz was born in Brod, Poland, on March 22, 1928 as Yehudah Leib Kirzner. He began…