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Shema' qoli
… for this poem in other Sephardi communities, especially in North Africa. This similarity shows the ancient pedigree of some …
A Recovered Voice from the Past
… Preface The history of the Jews, Heinrich Graetz, the great nineteenth-century German … and early British Palestine, Lithuanian Jewish South Africa, and Midwestern American Reform Judaism. What is … central Jerusalem founded in 1905, bordered by Geula to the north, Mekor Baruch to the west, David Yellin Street to the …
Idelsohn’s trilingual autobiography and Yiska Idelsohn’s oral memoire
… remained in possession of the family’s heirs in South Africa. It was digitized on our behalf by Idelsohn’s … Mažeikiai], Semogalen [i.e in the district of Samogitian in northwestern Lithuania] who had to give up his trade and … Upon Zangwill’s question, how can I return to Russia, where Jews are so maltreated, I answered that I prefer to be with …
Jews in Gibraltar and the music of their synagogues
… Jews in Gibraltar and the music of their synagogues: An … hundred Jews comprising a “multicultural” community mixing North African with Western Sephardic traditions already dwelled in …
Qinot Performed by Hazzan Abraham Beniso
… Peninsula, just two centuries after the expulsion of Jews from Spain and Portugal. This distinctive community … between the traditions of Western Europe and those of North Africa. In a recent study conducted by Ariel Lazarus ( see …
From Destruction to Rebuilding in the Iberian Peninsula
… Peninsula just two centuries after the expulsion of the Jews from Spain and Portugal. The article will characterize … it to prosper and become a bridge between West-European and North-African traditions. The article will examine the Sephardi …
Léibele Schwartz
… Léibele and his second wife went to Johannesburg, South Africa where he performed for three years at the Standton … Alter. In addition, Léibele was also cantor at the Polish Jews’ Brit Abraham Synagogue (known as “Shil de Antezana”, … liturgical repertoire shows his deep connection to the North American and European scenes of cantorial art during …
The Music on Comtat-Venaissin
… there were cases of Gauls becoming Jewish converts. These Jews remained in Provence and together with later comers, … The visiting cantor from Marseille was most probably of North-African origins. [8] Some information on Algerian Jews in …
A cantor’s pledge in the High Holyday’s Provençal liturgy (Minhag Carpentras)
… set of such verses included in the liturgical order of the Jews of Provençe, the subject of this Song of the Month, … those from Livorno. However, a closer look shows traces of North-African melodies, probably the result of migrations of Jews …
5. Mi-Pi El (De Boca del Dio)
… that we present here are representative of the Ottoman and North African Sephardic traditions. These are two tunes of very … This collection reflects the synagogue tradition of Ottoman Jews residing in the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire …