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The Fall of Jerusalem in Song: The Ashkenazi Melody She’eh ne’esar
… Hebrew Hymn Melodies : The Rise and development of a Musical Tradition (Tel Aviv, 1970), Hanoch Avenary set a new … in Hebrew) for the Seventeenth of Tammuz, a fast day in Jewish tradition marking the breach of Jerusalem’s … year 1465, includes the “Tikkun Tefillat Atzirah,” a rare ritual based on Mishnah Ta’anit 2:2-5. This order of prayers …
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, … from Spain dated in 1481 ('Poetry as an expression of spiritual reality in the late Sephardic piyyut ,' [In Hebrew], … such as seli h ot . I have studied in great detail the musical setting of this poem in Sephardic communities, …
Review essay: Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics
… Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics: Selections from the … a forgotten source from the collection of the Latvian musician Emilis Melngailis (1874–1954), a devoted collector … appears to be unique. Its similarity to the American spiritual ‘Glory, Glory Hallelujah’ (and the earlier songs to …
Elohim hashivenu: A liturgical insertion for the High Holidays in Salamone Rossi's version in Italy and beyond
… 49 … 58 … Jewish liturgy evolved in a multidirectional process. … return to this feature later. Right now, let us move to the musical performance of the three verses. The precious Leo … the text to music he turned to the language of the spiritual Christian music of his time. Is the practice of …
Alicia Benassayag Bendayan
… The Jewish Music Research Centre of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem mourns the passing of Moroccan Jewish folk singer Alicia (Benassayag) Bendayan on Friday, … songs, and coplas would accompany holidays and life-cycle rituals. Alicia did not perform these songs publicly. …
German Jewish Sacred Musical Intersections
… This project aims to map, analyze and make German Jewish liturgical music ( minhag Ashkenaz ) accessible to the scholarly … cultural context. The synagogue is conceived not only as a ritual space but also as a location for the symbolic public …
Ethiopian Jews in Israel - a Musical Ethnography
… volunteer in Meseret , a center that supported traditional Jewish-Ethiopian crafts (weaving, pottery, basketry) and music. The neighborhood had grown around an absorption … Orthodox Chief Rabbinate. Initially the Rabbinate required rituals of pro forma “conversions” from the immigrants and, …
A Moroccan Synagogue Service
… the article “ Liturgy: An Overlooked Space in the Moroccan Jewish Musical Map .” This extract is accompanied by the recordings … of the liturgy, that daily, weekly and yearly spiritual diet that is the duty of any observant adult male …
Shefa Gold
… Shefa Gold is a Rabbi, composer, and spiritual leader in the liberal Jewish denominations in the USA. She was ordained as a Rabbi … Energy & Ecstatic Practice. She is a composer of spiritual music and produced more than 10 albums. One of her famous …
Fog al-Nakhal (فوق النخل): Multicultural and Transnational Journeys of an Iraqi Folksong
… history is complex, revealing a number of interrelated musical and textual settings. Looking into the information … number of different composers, such as the prominent Iraqi-Jewish musician Salah al-Kuwaity (1908-1986), and in some … performed during mawlid sessions - birth celebration rituals of the Prophet [See Appendix: Texts , “Fog al …