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Purim, Purim, Purim lanu
… to serve as hazzan (cantor) of the flourishing Portuguese Jewish community. In this city, he taught the Oriental … Turkey and Greece. Through this collection, the Western Jewish communities became familiar with the songs of Rabbi Israel …
Selihot according to Siftei renanot
… Rabbi Micha Assis … As the High Holidays approach, the Jewish Music Research Centre dedicates the Song of the Month … 18th ICTM Colloquium “Musical Exodus: Al-Andalus and its Jewish Diasporas” held at the Corpus Christi College in … the Sephardic and Oriental Jews until the present. In these communities, the selihot services are also called “vigils” …
Piyyutim for the High Holidays
… Judeo-Spanish speaking Jews. The old traditional Ottoman Jewish community ruled by rabbinical authority was shattered … French), to liberal trends in Judaism (especially to Jewish nationalism or Zionism) and to subversive political … in public venues in various cities where large Sephardi communities existed. … Piyyutim for the High Holidays …
Shofet Kol Ha'aretz
… of digital resources have enhanced the study of the Jewish liturgy helping us to make more accurate assessments … we can reconstruct with a certain degree of accuracy how Jewish liturgical practices evolved prior to the invention … and an “alternative” tune (seven variants) preferred by the communities of the “Polish rite” (East of the Elbe and …
Cantar de las Flores
… click here . In the Ladino tradition, the copla is a unique Jewish genre, as opposed to the romance. The majority of the … actual oral tradition it has been almost forgotten in the communities of the Eastern area, but is widely known by the … with a fork or with a spoon, what they call in the Eastern communities: 'pirron y cuchara'), one tells how rich people …
Bin Tavinu Liqnot Bina Ha'azinu
… the rapid spread of his songs all across the Mediterranean Jewish world, the local singers, unable to figure out what … number of Najara's songs in the oral musical tradition of communities from Morocco to Persia. The performance of …
Moyshelekh Un Shloymelekh (part 2)
… Music Co.) in 1966. Papernikoff's text portrays the tender Jewish children of Bialik during the Holocaust. They do not … instead of their previous curiosity, their big, wandering, Jewish eyes are now black and full of fear. One interesting … Hassidic mode offers a chilling reference to the old Jewish communities of Eastern Europe that vanished in the …
With Songs They Respond: The Diwan of the Jews from Central Yemen
… which have always been of interest to scholars of Jewish music, just as their unique cultural history has attracted the attention of Jewish scholars from an early stage. Interest in this … … Israel … immgiration … yemenite singing … Yemenite … Communities … Yemenite community … Israeli Music … Singing … …
Ades Synagogue
… The Ades synagogue of the Aleppine Jewish community is located in the Nakhalat Zion … and inlaid with mother-of-pearl. Since the aforementioned Jewish emigrations from Syria, Jerusalem and New York have … of Kurdish descent. Today local members of various communities frequent Ades, along with visitors such as …
Admor
… and his authority is expressed in matters connected to Jewish law (Hallakha). He conducts marriages, signs on divorces, and is the address for questions concerning Jewish practices, Kosher problems, and questions pertaining … a scion of a dynasty of Tsadikim (righteous men), who led communities of H assidim for generations. Most importantly, …