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El Jiwneh Hagalil (Lied der galilaischen Arbeiter) – God will Build the Galilee (Galilee Worker’s Song)
… of El yivneh ha-galil would fill an entire chapter in the history of the Jewish song (Seroussi 2010). Different tunes, variations of … offers a contrasting musical symbol signifying the modern Jewish national rebirth colored in the dorian mode. The …
Eliyahu Hacohen
… There are scholars of Jewish and Israeli culture whose crucial contributions … the oral testimonies of veterans of the Yishuv (the Jewish community of Palestine prior to the establishment of … broadcasts was a series of three programs devoted to the history of the Israeli anthem "Hatikvah" (1964-1965). …
A Recovered Voice from the Past
… Preface The history of the Jews, Heinrich Graetz, the great nineteenth-century German Jewish historian, once wrote, is essentially a history of … and saints, or Leidensgeschichte and Geistesgeschichte . Jewish Studies in this formulation consisted of the …
Idelsohn’s trilingual autobiography and Yiska Idelsohn’s oral memoire
… 1930s, appeared in 1935. The English one was published in Jewish Music Journal 2, no. 2 (1935): 8-11. The Hebrew one … the special favor of the Duke who allowed her, as the only Jewish pupil, to visit his German primary school. All her … composition with H.[einrich] Zӧllner [1854-1941] and history of music with [August Ferdinand Hermann] Kretzschmar …
Jews in Gibraltar and the music of their synagogues
… his sons allows us to explore one of the most challenging Jewish music traditions. Although a Jewish presence in Gibraltar is documented since at least the 14th century, the modern history of the Jews in “the Rock” starts after the Treaty of …
‘Le-El ‘Olam’ by Mordecai Dato: In search of a melody for an ancient Italian Hebrew poem
… around the mid-sixteenth century from the circles of Jewish mystics of Safed and spready rapidly throughout the Jewish world, especially to Italy. One key figure in these … (230 five-verse stanzas) of salient moments in Jewish history alongside some description of Jewish life in a …
Sarah Harat
… Conversations of a Yemenite Blacksmith” ( The Yemenites: History, Communal Organization, Spiritual Life , ed. Menahem … scholarly education, an unusual feature for young Yemenite Jewish girls at the time. Sarah was exposed to the traditional poetry of the Yemeni Jewish women and to the sacred poetry, the Diwan, performed …
2. El merecimiento de Isaac (Im afes rova' ha-qen)
… this calamity, God can trust the faithfulness of the Jewish people as Abraham demonstrated by obeying the order … of the Sepharadim of Craiova, Romania, and the amazing history of his book of Hebrew poetry translated into Ladino. … ed. Dumitru Hîncu et al. Bucharest: Federation of the Jewish Communities in Romania, 1998, 51-58. .ישראל, ראובן …
Jacob Ben-Ami
… and Hirshbein's Faraway Corner . From 1919 to 1920, the Jewish Art Theatre was founded under Ben-Ami's leadership … on Wikipedia. " Jacob Ben-Ami" on the Museum of Family History. Quindlen, Anna. "J acob Ben‐Ami, Actor, Dies at 86; A Founder of Jewish Art Theater ." The New York Times , July 23, 1977. …
Sara Levi-Tanai
… to dance and theater in Israel. Her works, deeply rooted in Jewish and Yemenite traditions, significantly shaped … Levi-Tanai was born in Jerusalem to a family of Yemenite Jewish immigrants. Her parents emigrated from Yemen as part … mark on Israeli culture, making her a pivotal figure in the history of Israeli performing arts. Her artistic vision and …