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Reuben Rinder
… he moved to the United States and pursued his study of Jewish liturgical music. In 1910, Rinder held a cantorial … Reuben Rinder was influential in shaping 20th-century Jewish musical culture. Through insights from the Rinder papers and Rose …
Mickey Katz
… an American musician and comedian who specialized in Jewish humor. Katz is most well known for his parodies, but … in the middle of the song. His songs often lampooned both Jewish and American culture. His songs have been compiled onto CDs, including …
Haim Effendi
… Judeo-Spanish speaking Jews. The old traditional Ottoman Jewish community ruled by rabbinical authority was shattered … modernizing trends characterized by an exposure to Western culture (most particularly French), to liberal trends in Judaism (especially to Jewish nationalism or Zionism) and to subversive political …
Emanuel Amiran (Pougatchov)
… in the Hebrew language, the Bible and the fundamentals of Jewish culture. In Russia, Amiran began his music studies with Joel … Sources: Encyclopedia Judaica Concise Encyclopedia of Jewish Music (Macy Nulman) יוסי ספיבק, ושאבתם מים בששון …
Menahem Avidom
… and Composers Association), and The Public Council for Culture and Art. A prolific composer and known public figure … prominent composers who wrote arrangements for the unique Jewish-Yemenite artist and singer, Bracha Zefira, and based …
Shlomo ben Shimshon (Weintraub) Kashtan
… all of his career. He is most closely associated with the Jewish community of Dubno (today in western Ukraine), but … assistant singers (m’shor’rim) to sing and lead services in Jewish communities throughout Eastern Europe. Because of the … became an acclaimed exponent of Jewish Eastern European culture and tradition. Christians as well as Jews responded …
Betty Olivero
… of the most prestigious Emet Prize for Art, Science and Culture (2015), an Israeli prize awarded annually for … contemporary compositional form, yet is inspired by ancient Jewish and other early musical traditions. Folk material …
Ronit Seter
… Musical Quarterly, Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart, Jewish Women Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia Judaica, Tempo, … Conference on Music Since 1900, World Congress for Jewish Studies, and Israel Musicological Society. She also … received grants from the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture, Dan David Scholarship, National Endowment for the …
Herman Svet
… Berlin, which in those years was a city of refuge for many Jewish intellectuals who were fleeing Soviet Russia. Svet … Hitler came to power (1933). His articles were published in Jewish newspapers and periodicals in Yiddish, Russian, … Russian Jews in Music (1960), J ews in Russian Musical Culture in the Soviet Period (1968), Jewish Theater in …
Edwin Seroussi
… (2004-2008; 2014-2016; 2019-2020), was Director of the Jewish Music Research Centre from 2000 to 2023, and … research focuses on the sacred and secular musical cultures of the Mediterranean and the Middle East, interactions between Jewish and Islamic cultures (specifically in art music …