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Yom Yom Odeh: Towards the Biography of a Hebrew Baidaphon Record
… in the sixteenth century that continues amongst Syrian Jews today (Kligman 2009; Shelemay 1998). “ Yom Yom Odeh ” … in 1948 gave rise to the en masse migration of Jews from North Africa and the Near East, thereby dislocating almost the …
Nuestro Señor Eloheinu/Las tablas de la Ley: A Song for Shavuot
… repertoire and other sources throughout the Mediterranean. Northern Italy and “Las tablas de la Ley” Two cities in … and Tetuán The final stop on our journey will be in North Africa, in the Straits of Gibraltar and Tetuán region, where … “ Ballads, wedding songs, and piyyutim of the Sephardic Jews of Tetuan and Morocco ,” Track 09, Folkways Records, …
Moshe Attias
… switch to the kemanja (violin played upright in the North African style). Between 1962 and 1970, Mwijo estimated that … he had towards the way the State of Israel treated Moroccan Jews (see more below), he remained a local patriot. A …

Music in Sixteenth-Century Kabbalah in Northern Africa
… More than any other Jewish group, the Northern African community has adopted the book of the Zohar as a … of his illustrious contemporaries in Safed. … North African Jews … Jews of North Africa … 23257 … North Africa … Jews of …
Arba Otiyot
… This CD is dedicated to piyutim (sung sacred poetry) of the Jews of the Tafilalt (Berb. Tāfīlālt) region, in particular …
“Eli Eliyahu:” The Havdalah Piyyut and its Melodies
… It is performed by Sephardic and Eastern (Oriental) Jews in a variety of melodies and textual variations. Text … this melody was found in Gardaya, Algeria (see below). North African Traditions The song has a number of North African …
Qad Zawajunī - Here I Was Wed
… by Jewish communities throughout the Middle East and North Africa and, as in the case of the Yemenite community, a … because of the extreme transformation that the Yemenite Jews have undergone since their emigration to Israel. One …
Likhvod Hatanna Haelokai (In Honor of the Holy Tanna)
… CE). These events were first held in Mount Meron, in the northern Galilee, where the graves of the Tanna and his son, … of the house of R. 'Abu, heir to a family of Moroccan Jews who settled in Safed in the nineteenth century, and … Tzvi Friedhaber in: Mehkarim be-Tarbutam Shel Yehudei Tzfon Africa [1990, pp. 181-188]; Zekharia Goren in: Mehkarey Hag …
Andalusian Nuba
… from its origins in 9 th century Spain, its arrival in North African countries in the fifteenth century, and through its … work to music and singing. In a similar manner, the Jews also adopted the Nuba as an essential musical component …
Abyadi Ana
… in Jewish communities throughout the Middle East and North Africa. At the center of the ceremony stands the ritual … Some of the most complex Henna ceremonies among Jews took place in Morocco where a special repertoire of …