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Idelsohn's Obituary of Abraham Goldfaden
… , Idelsohn projected into this text his own vision of Jewish history and destiny as well as his take on prophecy … Turgeman A sad rumor arrived that the founder of the Jewish theater in Yiddish, Abraham Goldfaden has died. And … after the disappearance of the deceased, the events of his life, however according to convention only in a superficial …
3. Hermanos mis queridos (Jacob Algava)
… tune as the Turkish song Yaşasın Hürriyet, adalet [Long life freedom, justice]”), published in the Judeo-Spanish …
57. Me queres matar mancebo (Mlle Rosa)
… complaint of the lover that the beloved wants to take her life with a knife (or a gun) and the motif of getting up in …
38. Enni Enni Tirttu Dinam (The Fifth of Iyyar)
… from Palestine at the end of the Mandate. It praises the Jewish youth who "took up" the independence which was handed … "Enni enni parkum manam," from the Tamil film "Valukayi" ("Life") composed by R. Sudarsanam. It was performed during … first verse is repeated as a chorus. … Oh, Lovely Parrot! - Jewish Women's Songs from Kerala … Cochin … Communities … …
“Unter dem kinds Wiegele” – Beneath the Baby’s Cradle
… kinds wiegele is an original and appropriate opener for a Jewish life-cycle. Quiet, slow-paced, and transparent it seems … emotions engrained in the modern national rebirth of the Jewish people. Concerned about the album’s reception by the …
Bulbe (Volkslied) – “Potato” (Folksong)
… may be classified as a humoristic-satiric Eastern-European Jewish folksong. About this category Stutschewsky wrote two … an element of self-edification [original emphasis] in the Jewish humor and in the Jewish joke. Most of the humoristic … in our lives, the weakness of human capability, the life conditions of the Jews in the diaspora, the wish to …
Zoock (Volkstanz) – Zhok (Folk dance)
… the listener back to the celebrative moments of traditional Jewish life. Stutschewsky wrote about this genre in his book on … see example in Stutschewsky 1959: 100. … Stutschewsky's 13 Jewish Folk Tunes … Ashkenazim … Cello - Violoncello … Folk …
Sheva' Berakhot ("Seven Blessings")
… berakhot ("Seven Blessings") are a central component of the Jewish wedding ceremony. This recording is a unique … benedictions. This formula consists of two parts as do most Jewish liturgical blessings. Since the benedictions have … the suffering disappear from Israel and joyful occasions proliferate"). The complete, traditional version of the Seven …
Eliyahu Hacohen
… There are scholars of Jewish and Israeli culture whose crucial contributions … the oral testimonies of veterans of the Yishuv (the Jewish community of Palestine prior to the establishment of … modern Hebrew song that Hacohen collected throughout his life. Although Hacohen’s work lacked a coherent theoretical …
Isaac Levy
… Isaac Levy was born in Manisa near Izmir to a Sephardic Jewish family. At the age of three, he moved with his family … verses and piyyutim written by poets of the golden age of Jewish culture in Spain, such as Rabbi Yehudah Halevi, Rabbi … director of the section of ethnic music of Kol Yisrael. His life's work was devoted to collect and to preserve the songs …