… and his authority is expressed in matters connected to Jewish law (Hallakha). He conducts marriages, signs on divorces, and is the address for questions concerning Jewish practices, Kosher problems, and questions pertaining the …

… the four days of fast, and thrice on Yom Kippur. All of the Jewish communities in Israel, both Sephardic and Ashkenazi, … Blessing in the Ashkenazi Tradition While all of the Jewish communities, from Yemen to Lithuania, developed … performed the ceremony less than all of the other Jewish communities. In the Ashkenazi communities of the …

… origins and circulation of “Ehad mi yode’a” throughout the Jewish world (including the question of whether it was … the framework of the documenting of Seder traditions of all Jewish communities initiated by the legendary producer … This version is widespread through the Aleppo Jewish diaspora in the Americas, as the follow testimonies …

… of Simhat Torah. Despite its enormous diffusion throughout Jewish communities and its appearance in countless printed …

… destructive in scale, the fire came as a great blow to the Jewish community living in Saloniki at the time. The fire … tens of thousands of Jews homeless and consumed most of the Jewish neighborhood in the old city, including areas of … Though the destruction of the fire and its impact on the Jewish community would eventually be eclipsed by that of the …

… of 'play song” or singing game commonly performed among the Jewish communities of central and southern Yemen. It is sung … h enna ceremony as part of the repertoire of Yemenite Jewish women singers. In Yemen, the separation of men and … there was more flexibility. The richness of this female Jewish repertoire is manifested in the songs' themes, such …

… in New York City at Tomashevsky’s Theatre appeared in The Jewish Daily News of February 20, 1920. The enthusiastic … by Tchaikovsky.”     Echoes of his appearances dotted the Jewish press that did not spare any superlatives. On … porous line separating secular from the religious musical practices led by great cantors of the time such as Hershman. …

… library at the New York campus of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, was “Six Songs from the Jewish Homeland, Arranged for Mixed Voices.” [2] This … somewhat negligible. In 1926 Bloch Publishing Company (“The Jewish Book Concern”), one of the largest and most …

… in Hebrew) for the Seventeenth of Tammuz, a fast day in Jewish tradition marking the breach of Jerusalem’s … this date was associated with other catastrophes in Jewish history. In spite of its prominence in Jewish historical memory, this fast day has not generated …