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Almonds and Raisins
… films deal with issues that arose with the eastern European Jewish immigrants who arrived in New York in the millions at … emphasis 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, … Blessing in the Ashkenazi Tradition While all of the Jewish communities, from Yemen to Lithuania, developed …
Bene Israel [JIMF]
… daily lives and recording the religious and cultural traditions of this unique branch of Judaism. Through … more information can be found at the National Center for Jewish Film at Brandeis University website . … 9 … … India …
Elohim Eshala
… exoticism” that captivated at the time the American Jewish audience. It is clear that the voices of Shoshana … These instruments are not characteristic of the Yemenite Jewish tradition and betray the encounter of Dahiyani with Jewish musicians from other Arab-Jewish traditions in Israel, especially Iraqi Jewish musicians. …
Brakha Tzefira
… 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 … continued collecting songs and melodies from oriental Jewish communities, Bedouins, and Arabs, which were then …
Aharon Amram
… teachers, while also learning Math, History and Hebrew in a Jewish school. In 1950, as part of 'Operation Magic Carpet' … hits and are considered today to be authentic sources of Jewish Yemenite singing in Israel. The most famous of these … 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, … melody to the same text is performed by Avraham Kanai, a Jewish Karaite from Kazakhstan. The third melody originated … 'The Role of Music in the Renewed Self Identity of Karaite Jewish Refuge Communities from Cairo.' Traditional Music 22 …
Edge of the West
… by Arnan Zafrir This hour long film documents the different traditions and day to day life of the Jews of Morocco. The … third of the film consists mostly of religious and musical traditions that range from Rosh Hashana prayers, the Shabbat … Complete film on Youtube, courtesy of the Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive Virtual Cinema : … 9 … … Hina … Rosh …
HaNazir HaYerushalmi
… drink wine, or eat meat. Besides his extensive knowledge in Jewish writings, he also held a PhD in Western philosophy, and his writings would refer to both of these traditions. His most important writing, Kol Hanevua, …
Island of Roses: The Jews of Rhodes in Los Angeles
… Directed by Gregori Viens Film about the traditions and rituals of the Los Angeles Rhodeslis , the Jewish community who came from the island of Rhodes. More information can be found at the National Center for Jewish Film at Brandeis University website . … 9 … … 1995 …