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Ten Zemirot Ami: New Melodies for Piyyutim from the Aleppo Mahzor (1527)
… Ten zemirot ‘ami is the second disc in the new “Contemporary Jewish Music” series of the Jewish Music Research Centre. This new series differs in … from the classic documentary series, “Anthology of Musical Traditions in Israel.” The discs do not aspire to compete …
Cute Boy, Charming Girl
… presents Hebrew songs written for and sung by Jewish children in pre-state Israel. The selection … . … 7 … 38864 … 1 CD + Booklet … Jerusalem, Israel … Jewish Music Research Centre, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem … Anthology of Music Traditions in Israel … Children's Songs of the Modern Hebrew …
With Songs They Respond: The Diwan of the Jews from Central Yemen
… The Jews of Yemen possess rich musical traditions, which have always been of interest to scholars of Jewish music, just as their unique cultural history has attracted the attention of Jewish scholars from an early stage. Interest in this …
Ades Synagogue
… The Ades synagogue of the Aleppine Jewish community is located in the Nakhalat Zion … and inlaid with mother-of-pearl. Since the aforementioned Jewish emigrations from Syria, Jerusalem and New York have … musicians or tourists who come to enjoy the special singing traditions of Selihot and Bakkashot . Music in Ades …
Seliha-Selihot
… up to Yom Kippur, and these differ among the various Jewish communities. The Ashkenazi communities begin … month (Yemenites recite it for half of the month). 'Each Jewish community developed a specific mode of Selihot and … its own textual compilation. However, the core of all the traditions is the recitation of the Thirteen Attributes of …
A Bookshelf On Top of the Sky: 12 Stories about John Zorn
… Directed by Claudia Heuermann. John Zorn is a Jewish American composer who has been active in the New York … has dabbled in free jazz, hardcore punk music, soundtracks, Jewish music, modern art, surf music, and countless other … is the meeting between jazz and different Jewish musical traditions such as Klezmer and Sephardic music. Zorn creates …
About the Jews of Yemen, A Vanishing Culture
… songs from the diwan of Shalom Shabazi (the most important Jewish poet of Yemen from the 17 th century), drumming on … … 9 … 34249 … … 1986 … Yemen … Yemenite … Ethnomusicology … Jewish cultural groups … Traditions … Israel … Johanna L. Spector … About the Jews of …
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 … 34243 … …