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Mordekhai Zeira
… and through his sister's playing. He was also exposed to Jewish melodies, while accompanying his father to the … In his songs, Zeira transmits a vast narrative of the [Jewish] people in Israel: Lemoladeti , Havo Lebanim , 'Al … would receive their inspiration from the springs of Jewish Music. He wanted them to use in their works musical …
El Incendio de Saloniki: The Song of the Fire
… 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 …
Nuestro Señor Eloheinu/Las tablas de la Ley: A Song for Shavuot
… it always sung with the same stanzas or melody. In some contexts it may be referred to as a piyyut , whereas in other … connected to the performance practices of the local Jewish-Portuguese community. To the contrary, Salomon’s … Below we will compare a common stanza of these two texts: “Adonay hu elohenu,” SHIBA , Stanza 2 משה עלה לשמים …
“Eli Eliyahu:” The Havdalah Piyyut and its Melodies
… wars and vicissitudes in Spain that greatly affected the Jewish communities there. In 1140 Ibn Ezra immigrated to … poetry, research on Hebrew grammar, writings concerning Jewish thought (including philosophy and various scientific … (requests) for the success of household members. Like other Jewish liturgical rituals, the havdalah ceremony is …
Abyadi Ana
… to the wedding ceremony (usually on the day before) in Jewish communities throughout the Middle East and North … considered to be among the central events of the Jewish traditional wedding that spans over several days and … seals the marriage of the young couple. There are three Jewish Henna rituals in Morocco, called the azmomeg , the …
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 … life a unique sonic moment that precedes the dissolution of Jewish life in Algeria and the weakening of the venerable …
Priestly Blessing- Birkat Kohanim
… 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 …
צלילי איוב במערב־התיכון של ארצות הברית: איש רציני יהודי לנוכח עץ החיים הנוצרי
… USA). … Sounds of Job in the American Midwest: A Serious “Jewish” Man vs. a “Christian” Tree of Life Ruth HaCohen … first film, the Coen brothers’ A Serious Man (2009), is “Jewish” in the sense that its protagonists are active members of a practicing Jewish community in a Minnesota suburbia. The second, …
Purim Lanu, Pesah a la Mano: Celebrating Flory Jagoda (1923-2021)
… serve as hazzan (cantor) of the new, flourishing Portuguese Jewish community. In 1628, he published in his adopted city … early dissemination in Western Sephardic and North African Jewish communities of the new style of religious Hebrew … the inheritance of a unique creative personality of the Jewish twentieth century who survived adversity against all …
Qinot Performed by Hazzan Abraham Beniso
… in Gibraltar showcase the liturgical repertoire of a Jewish settlement situated on the edge of the Iberian …