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Karaite Jews Musical Tradition
… of the performance of texts within the various yearly and life-cycle ceremonies. In some cases, certain pieces are … melody to the same text is performed by Avraham Kanai, a Jewish Karaite from Kazakhstan. The third melody originated … 'The Role of Music in the Renewed Self Identity of Karaite Jewish Refuge Communities from Cairo.' Traditional Music 22 …
Edge of the West
… long film documents the different traditions and day to day life of the Jews of Morocco. The second third of the film … Complete film on Youtube, courtesy of the Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive Virtual Cinema : … 9 … 34236 … … Hina …
HaNazir HaYerushalmi
… (The Jerusalem Nazirite). Rabbi Cohen dedicated his life to the ways of the Nazirite, he did not cut his hair, … drink wine, or eat meat. Besides his extensive knowledge in Jewish writings, he also held a PhD in Western philosophy, …
Image Before My Eyes
… the holocaust. It tells of the intellectual and cultural life of the Jews in the Shtetl and in the cities. Throughout … war as well as a song about the prison camp Jablonna where Jewish Polish soldiers who were accused of treason on the … Russian front were sent. … 9 … 34220 … YIVO Institute for Jewish Research … … 1981 … Yiddish songs … Jewish History … …
‘I’m Sorry, It’s Yom Kippur’: Atonement through Punk (and Traditional Jewish Music)
… playing in 2010 and are a self-proclaimed ‘100% Trans Jewish band.’ One definition to the term transgender can be … other genres, punk music, polkas, cantorial singing, and Jewish melodies (including direct musical quotes from … up,' which seems a lot more appropriate to my actual life experience. I used to grit my teeth through Yom Kippur …
Yiddish Folksong (The Music of the Yiddish Folksong)
… baby, a secular activity, was sometimes accompanied by non-Jewish melodies, sometimes by religious melodies, and … But these rhymes hardly imply the principles of the Jewish faith, and not even one of the 613 Mitzvas that the … and emancipation, the disintegration of the traditional lifestyles, the urbanization and industrialization processes …
Mothers of Today - Hayntige Mames
… radio star Esther Field is about the deterioration of a Jewish family on account of American society and features a … in this film represents a bond to the traditional way of life, and as the children distance themselves from it, there … More information can be found at the National Center for Jewish Film at Brandeis University website . … 9 … 34199 … … …
Last Jews in Yemen
… there. In addition to exposing the viewer to the both Jewish and Muslim Yemenites' ways of life, the film also presents different Yemenite Jewish musical traditions as performed in Yemen of the mid …
Abyadi Ana
… to the wedding ceremony (usually on the day before) in Jewish communities throughout the Middle East and North … have a Henna tradition before immigration to Israel. The proliferation of this ceremony nowadays in Israel created a … considered to be among the central events of the Jewish traditional wedding that spans over several days and …
The World Centre for Jewish Music in Palestine, 1936–1940: Jewish Musical Life on the Eve of World War II
… to create an institution that will document and promote Jewish music while moving the operations from an insecure … New York … Oxford University Press … … 1992 … Palestine … Jewish music … Research … Preservation … Documentation … … for Jewish Music in Palestine, 1936–1940: Jewish Musical Life on the Eve of World War II …