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Mi-al har horev from the manuscripts of Obadiah the Proselyte
… manuscripts of Obadiah the Proselyte. The staff of the Jewish Music Research Centre hopes that the information … collection and the Adler Collection at the Jewish Theological Seminary. Obadiah the Proselyte was born in Italy c. 1070 …
Hanukah Blessings
… Blessings while lighting the candles is a well-established Jewish family practice that is usually performed by the head … students of the H. C. Miller Cantorial School of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America: Elisa Abrams, Shoshana Abrams, Arlette …
Society for Jewish Folk Music
… Borodin and Moussorgsky – was introduced to the Russian Jewish composer and music critic Joel Engel . Stasov … Copies are available from the libraries of the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, the Freedman collection at the …
Mordkhe Shekhter
… 1927, in Czernowitz, Ukraine. He descended from a secular Jewish family. Until 1940 he was a pupil in a Romanian … Over the years he also taught Yiddish courses at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, the Jewish Teachers Seminary-Herzliah …
«A Special Kind of Antisemitism»: On Russian Nationalism and Jewish Music
… the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Society for Jewish Folk Music, the composer Solomon Rosowsky published a … (far right), in St. Petersburg, ca. 1908. Credit: Jewish Theological Seminary of America . The dilemma of the relationship …
Sol Zim
… all ages. He is considered to be one of the most important Jewish cantors. Zim studied at Yeshiva Torah Vodaath, … York University and received his doctorate from the Jewish Theological Seminary. He lives in Queens, NY. See also Sol Zim at …
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… culture emerged in Palestine and spread throughout the Jewish world with remarkable speed.It also shows how its … the Land of Israel to the students of the famous rabbinical seminary of that city. One of these students, Rabbi Efraim … Kook’s poem indeed paraphrases Hatikvah but with a deep theological twist: “steadfast faith in the return to our …
David Berger
… Berger received a BA in Religious Studies with a focus in Jewish Studies from the University of Illinois … completed an MA in Jewish Philosophy in 2003 at the Jewish Theological Seminary before continuing on to the Hebrew Union College - …
The medieval Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini and its Purim connections: New sources on its music
… Kikhlot Yeini - Berry Sacharov - 2012 … Not all traditional Jewish holiday songs have survived in their original … manuscript copies of prints, such as Ms. New York, Jewish Theological Seminary 1513, a copy of the Venice edition of Masekhet …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… Yiẓḥak , or ‘Akedah ) has assumed an important function in Jewish religion and culture since Antiquity. This renowned … and Others , vol. 2. Tel Aviv: Bilu Synagogue and the Seminary Selah. Ginzberg, Louis. 2003. Legends of the Jews … of His Seventieth Birthday , 471–547. New York: Jewish Theological Seminary of America. (Hebrew) _____. 1967. The …