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Ten Zemirot Ami: New Melodies for Piyyutim from the Aleppo Mahzor (1527)
… Ten zemirot ‘ami is the second disc in the new “Contemporary Jewish Music” series of the Jewish Music Research Centre. … from the classic documentary series, “Anthology of Musical Traditions in Israel.” The discs do not aspire to compete …
With Songs They Respond: The Diwan of the Jews from Central Yemen
… The Jews of Yemen possess rich musical traditions, which have always been of interest to scholars of Jewish music, just as their unique cultural history has …
Ades Synagogue
… The Ades synagogue of the Aleppine Jewish community is located in the Nakhalat Zion … tradition. In Jerusalem, the Ades community maintains the musical tradition of the Aleppine Jews. Each Shabbat is … musicians or tourists who come to enjoy the special singing traditions of Selihot and Bakkashot . Music in Ades …
A Bookshelf On Top of the Sky: 12 Stories about John Zorn
… Directed by Claudia Heuermann. John Zorn is a Jewish American composer who has been active in the New York … art, surf music, and countless other styles and genres of musical expression. He often fuses these elements into one … is the meeting between jazz and different Jewish musical traditions such as Klezmer and Sephardic music. Zorn creates …
Almonds and Raisins
… films deal with issues that arose with the eastern European Jewish immigrants who arrived in New York in the millions at … life. Furthermore, many of these hundreds of films were musicals that prominently featured Yiddish music and Almonds … to the meeting point of cinema with music and Jewish traditions as can be found in this genre. Some significant …
Priestly Blessing- Birkat Kohanim
… for all of the Jews of Ashkenaz. There are different traditions regarding when the blessing is to be recited: in … the four days of fast, and thrice on Yom Kippur. All of the Jewish communities in Israel, both Sephardic and Ashkenazi, … the words ' Yishar koa h .' The Simple Reading The musical capabilities of the priests are very diverse and …
Elohim Eshala
… exoticism” that captivated at the time the American Jewish audience. It is clear that the voices of Shoshana … of Dahiyani with Jewish musicians from other Arab-Jewish traditions in Israel, especially Iraqi Jewish musicians. … voice blends here with a non-Yemenite Arabic sound, a musical style brought to Israel by professional immigrant …
Brakha Tzefira
… His wife Hadassah, Brakha's beloved teacher, encouraged her musical talents, and proposed that Tzefira should sing … of Tzefira singing her songs, in that it helped expose the traditions of different ethnic groups to each other, … Tzefira knew from her childhood including Sephardic songs, Jewish songs from Yemen, Persia, and Bukhara, as well as …
Aharon Amram
… teachers, while also learning Math, History and Hebrew in a Jewish school. In 1950, as part of 'Operation Magic Carpet' … ). During the seventies, Amram continued with various musical activities. In 1972, together with Gorit Kadman, … Yemenite synagogue tunes, in order to preserve the Yemenite traditions, because their sons did not have fathers to teach …
Karaite Jews Musical Tradition
… the Karaites have maintained the basic principles of their traditions. Over the course of these many centuries, … sect's central administration. The Karaite Legacy and its Musical Tradition The Karaite legacy, which was formed and … melody to the same text is performed by Avraham Kanai, a Jewish Karaite from Kazakhstan. The third melody originated …