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The Tedeschian Community
… means 'Ashkenazi' or 'German,' was coined by the local Italian Jews who lived in the surroundings of the Tedeschian … surnames, which had a German sound and meaning, into Italian: Ettlingen became Otolongi, Marburger or Marburg, … generation still existed. Like many other communities, the synagogue functioned as the center for this preservation. …
Kedusha
… prophet…'). This opening was preserved by the Sephardic, Italian, Persian, and Yemenite Nussa h s. It is based on … according to the word spoken by Thy prophets…') Sephardies, Italians, Romanians, Yemenites, and Chassidim use this … were prohibited to recite the Shma Yisra'el prayer in the synagogue. The solution for this decree was to 'conceal' the …
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… how its practice at ceremonies of Jewish institutions, synagogues, schools and youth movements, as well as its … Yigdal , see below under Ashkenazi hypothesis) with the Italian predecessors (see below Italian Renaissance hypothesis) could be explored. Many …
A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… recalls the close association between Temple sacrifices and synagogue prayers. Since the loss of the Temple, prayer has … in the past decade or two are the discoveries of the “Italian Genizah,” confiscated folios of Hebrew manuscripts … , Venice, 1587. This last appearance in the non-Ashkenazi Italian rite is also attested in several medieval …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… 1920, i: 83–84). This passage is also ritually read in the synagogue from the Torah scroll on two annual occasions: as … In this intricate work, which delineated meticulously the synagogue rite of the Frankfurt Jewish community in the … from the 15th to the 17th Century . Milano: Associazione italiana amici dell’Università di Gerusalemme. Weinberger, …
Nuestro Señor Eloheinu/Las tablas de la Ley: A Song for Shavuot
… Turkish capital by wars of the 1910’s. They would gather in synagogues during evening rituals on winter Saturdays to … of “Nuestro Señor Eloheinu” was circulating within the Italian Sephardic communities as early as the beginning of … example of “Yarad el hay” recorded by Leo Levy and sung by Italian cantor Simon Sacerdote of Livorno (first 33 seconds …
The “Jewish Baroque”: The Allure of a Modern Musical Affair
… to the Ets Haim library at the magnificent Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam, is one of several works by Jewish … (when the anniversary of the foundation of the Portuguese synagogue in 1675 in celebrated), these artistic pieces for … and from the Comtat Venaissin (today Provence, France), the Italian communities of Casale Monferrato and Sienna, and the …
The Edith Gerson-Kiwi Legacy
… the publication of her dissertation on the art of the Italian madrigal in 1933, she emigrated to Italy and from … of the Baghdadi Jewish community. The collection includes synagogue liturgy, life cycle songs, domestic rituals, and …
Elohim hashivenu: A liturgical insertion for the High Holidays in Salamone Rossi's version in Italy and beyond
… Three Festivals and High Holidays, according to the minhag Italiani , also known as minhag Bnei Roma or minhag lo’azim … seven words. When exactly these verses entered the mahzor Italiani is hard to determine, but at the very latest one … is that Halegua may have served in one of the two Salonica synagogues which used the Mahzor Italiani until the 20th …
Book review: James Kaplan, Irving Berlin: New York Genius
… start, it represents two of the four genres (Jewish, Irish, Italian, and ‘coon’, the demeaning white take on assumed … no evidence that he ever in his life even stepped inside a synagogue. He married a Catholic and brought up his children …