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Asher Shimon Mizrahi
… by renting the use of their wooden oven to members of the community to do their cooking and baking. Residents of the … and Sara. During the Balkan War (1912-1913), many young Jewish residents of Jerusalem fled the city or hid in order … and butcher, but he declined their generous offer. The 1929 Palestine Riots broke down the delicate relationship that …
Isaac Eliyahu Navon
… 17, 1859. His father, Rabbi Eliyahu Navon, was one of the Jewish intellectuals and public figures in Adrianpole, a … Natan, a highly respected wealthy man (('גביר'in the Jewish community in Istanbul. While working with Bar-Natan, Navon … figures that came from Europe and were on their way to Palestine, or vice versa. As a result of this, Navon became …
Obadiah the Proselyte
… study of Judaism traveled to Constantinople, Baghdad, and Palestine, finally settling in Egypt and becoming a member of the thriving Jewish community situated there, where he wrote his memoirs. …
Yehiel 'Adaki
… In 1920 'Adaki fled from Sana'a and began a long journey to Palestine. He first travelled to Eden, from there he … of Palestine) house. In Palestine, 'Adaki discovered that Jewish Yemenite singing is looked down upon, even by … met twice a week and performed at events of the Yemenite community. In 1929, he moved to Tel Aviv and married Mazal …
Israel Adler
… Israel Adler was born in Berlin in 1925 and immigrated to Palestine with his parents at the age of eleven. He pursued … Institut de Musicologie at the Sorbonne where he combined Jewish and musical studies. During his thirteen-year sojourn … (e.g. Musical Life and Traditions of the Portuguese Jewish Community of Amsterdam in the XVIIIth Century , Jerusalem , …
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 … was greatly impacted by the diversity of the Jewish community living in Palestine, and embarked on a massive project to record their …