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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…
Avi Bar-Eitan
Dr. Avi Bar-Eitan is a composer, researcher, and lecturer. He received his Ph.D. in…
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
Niggun ‘Akedah is an Ashkenazi melody firmly associated with the Binding of Isaac,…
Yom Yom Odeh: Towards the Biography of a Hebrew Baidaphon Record
Introduction
It is November 15, 2016 and I am sitting in a car, driving on a mountain…
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:…
Ethiopian Jews in Israel - a Musical Ethnography
I spent the summer of 1989 living in a Nazareth Illit (today Nof HaGalil) neighborhood…
Curt Sachs
Born in Berlin, Sachs studied piano, music theory and …
Nitzan Hen Razael
Nitzan-Chen Razael grew up in Jerusalem in a musical family. His grandfather was a…
Naomi Bahat-Ratzon
Researcher focusing on traditional and folk dance of various cultures, among them the…
Yigdal elohim hay
A piyyut, attributed to Daniel of Rome (14th century), sung in most Jewish communities…