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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 … 34236 … … Hina …
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 … 34216 … …
‘I’m Sorry, It’s Yom Kippur’: Atonement through Punk (and Traditional Jewish Music)
… playing in 2010 and are a self-proclaimed ‘100% Trans Jewish band.’ One definition to the term transgender can be … other genres, punk music, polkas, cantorial singing, and Jewish melodies (including direct musical quotes from … scale, the band's themes that connect between Jewish traditions, broader interpretations of gender, and the …
Yiddish Folksong (The Music of the Yiddish Folksong)
… of both rural and urban folklore and has developed oral traditions alongside an attachment to the written word. Its … baby, a secular activity, was sometimes accompanied by non-Jewish melodies, sometimes by religious melodies, and … But these rhymes hardly imply the principles of the Jewish faith, and not even one of the 613 Mitzvas that the …
Last Jews in Yemen
… there. In addition to exposing the viewer to the both Jewish and Muslim Yemenites' ways of life, the film also presents different Yemenite Jewish musical traditions as performed in Yemen of the mid 1990s. Some …