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Bore ‘ad ana – A Dirge for the Ninth of Av and its Geographical Distribution
… for the Ninth of Av among the Sephardic and Oriental Jewish communities. The identity of the author is unknown, … ana' in a manuscript of qinot from Spain dated in 1481 ('Poetry as an expression of spiritual reality in the late … Hebrew], Exile and diaspora: studies in the history of the Jewish people presented to Professor Haim Beinart on the …
Moshe Cordova
… ma ka m . Cordova was born in Edirne, an important Ottoman Jewish musical hub since the late 17 th century. Our … was the move to Istanbul, together with many of the Edirne Jewish community, following the devastation of this city … its activities in Istanbul. The Mafṭirim performed Hebrew poetry set to Turkish classical music on the Sabbaths at the …
Ethiopian Jews in Israel - a Musical Ethnography
… volunteer in Meseret , a center that supported traditional Jewish-Ethiopian crafts (weaving, pottery, basketry) and … around an absorption center ( merkaz klita ), where new Jewish immigrants are housed, taught Hebrew, supported in … molten gold is poured unto the clay mold. Coded speech and poetry, presented in minimalistic texts (the wax), is both a …
A Moroccan Synagogue Service
… the article “ Liturgy: An Overlooked Space in the Moroccan Jewish Musical Map .” This extract is accompanied by the … analyzed in detail in that article. Research of Moroccan Jewish religious music has been largely, if not exclusively, … Hebrew (and at times Judeo-Arabic and Aramaic) poetry. This poetry is set to Andalusian musical genres, not …
Salim Shibith (Salim Ha-Cohen)
… step of engaging a teacher of Arabic literature and poetry to augment his education at a Jewish school in Baghdad. We hear a familiar story: Shibith was requested to complete a performance at a Jewish club one evening when al-Qundarji became too …
Nitzan Hen Razael
… music from both the East and the West, as well as different Jewish music. Razael plays the violin for a variety of … He also wrote transcriptions of piyyutim from several Jewish communities' traditions. During the years 2005-2009, … of the Ministry of Education in charge of writing the Poetry Curriculum, ' Poems and Roots' (2006). 'Motze Makom': …
El Shokhen Shamayim - A Recorded Pearl of Andalusian Hebrew Music from Algeria Recovered
… Meanwhile, we hope you enjoy this preview. The Algerian Jewish singer Gabriel Sayag recorded the piyyut El shokhen … interactions characteristic of modern North African Jewish music. The other side of our record contains another … the main late-19th century compendium of religious Hebrew poetry from Western Algeria. As with many other items in …
Eastern Mediterranean Judeo-Spanish Songs
… , Judith R. Cohen and Risto Pekka Pennanen In 2008 the Jewish Music Research Centre released a 4-CD package … the geographical distribution of recordings to Ottoman Jewish centers beyond Constantinople/Istanbul. Moreover, the … (in Hebrew). … Bassan, Susan 1947 >>> Judeo-Spanish Folk Poetry , M.A. thesis. New York. … Benmayor, Rina 1979 >>> …
Nehemia Allony
… Alloni was a researcher in the fields of Jewish studies, literature, language and Hebrew poetry in the Middle Ages, founder and director of the … (1970). Full biography at Wikipedia (Hebrew). … Scholar in Jewish studies … Nehemia Allony …
Judith Cohen
… and early Baroque music, history and bibliography of Jewish music. She also research about the music of the Jewish-Italian composer Salomone Rossi , music and poetry in the Italian madrigal, intertextuality in music, …