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Ahavat ‘Olamim
… tradition of Morocco and Algeria. This tradition, shared by Jews and Muslims, is rooted in the experience of Jewish life …
With Songs They Respond: The Diwan of the Jews from Central Yemen
… The Jews of Yemen possess rich musical traditions, which have … today, half a century after the migration of most of the Jews from Yemen to Israel. Their special contribution to the … Edwin Seroussi … With Songs They Respond: The Diwan of the Jews from Central Yemen … Avner Bahat … Naomi Bahat-Ratzon …
Responsorial Singing
… reflects early synagogue responsorial forms. Yemenite Jews have preserved the troping of ' halleluyah ' by the …
Ades Synagogue
… Jerusalem. At the turn of the twentieth century many Jews emigrated from Syria to various countries, particularly … community maintains the musical tradition of the Aleppine Jews. Each Shabbat is matched with a specific maqam, … during summer Shabbats. The piyyutim style of the Aleppine Jews as practiced in the Ades synagogue was a big influence …
Hay ram galeh
… The zenith of this practice among Sephardic and Oriental Jews and the model for subsequent creativity is found in the … radio broadcasts and later on via musical films. Jerusalem Jews embedded in the modern Egyptian Arab culture in … multi-ethnic one. Persian, Kurdish, Yemenite and Bucharian Jews joined the ranks of the Aleppo immigrants creating a …
The Tedeschian Community
… [1] The Tedeschian Jews are Ashkenazi Jews who originated in Germany, and immigrated to Italy at … 'Ashkenazi' or 'German,' was coined by the local Italian Jews who lived in the surroundings of the Tedeschian Jews, …
Musical instruments of the Mountain Jews
… . … Folk music … Musical instruments of the Mountain Jews …
Seliha-Selihot
… The Seliha genre blossomed during the golden age of the Jews in Spain during which many were written and their style … on the passing year. Sephardic and oriental Jews maintain the tradition of reciting Selihot during this …
Society for Jewish Folk Music
… Violins, Voice and Jews In the spring of 1897, on the eve of the Russian … Nation : Loeffler, James. 2010. The Most Musical Nation: Jews and Culture in the Late Russian Empire . New Haven: …
Representations of Jews in the Musical Theater of the Habsburg Empire (1788-1807)
… any musical parallels to contemporary representations of Jews in the spoken theater. Yet these parallels existed and … them sheds new light on the European perception of Jews at this time. David Buch’s new study offers the earliest identifiable musical depictions of Jews in European theater (specifically in the Habsburg …