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Abraham Zvi Idelsohn
… Latvia (former Kurland or Courland) and began his study of Jewish music in Libau where he trained to be a cantor. He … Idelsohn was greatly impacted by the diversity of the Jewish community living in Palestine, and embarked on a … Oriental Melodies, which was a comprehensive study of the Yemenite community in Palestine. Idelsohn was particularly …
Yehuda Ratzaby
… Ratzaby was born in the small village Sava'n in central Yemen, a two-hour walk from Sanaa. His father, Rabbi Yeh'ya, … Aviv. He attended the Tachkemoni School (A Talmud Torah for Yemenites children) and the Balfour Gymnasium. In 1936, at … and was awarded a doctorate. From 1964, he taught Arabic-Jewish literature and medieval Hebrew literature at Bar-Ilan …