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Songs of Palestinian Jews from the Collection of Isaac Lurie (1913)
… (songs of religious content) for Sabbaths, Holydays and life cycle events recorded in 1913 in Ottoman Palestine from … now the accuracy of Idelsohn's version and brings to life the changes that occurred in the process of …
Avigdor (Tibor) Herzog
… school will reverberate throughout the rest of his life. The strong antisemitic atmosphere that reigned in … of surviving the Holocaust left a deep imprint in Herzog’s life. By late 1949, unable to find a place for himself in … one can mention the recording of the entire liturgical cycle of the Spanish-Portuguese synagogue from London with …
Alicia Benassayag Bendayan
… her 99th birthday on June 29. Throughout Alicia’s long life, she treasured within her memory the Judeo-Spanish … Alicia on Zoom in relation to my research concerning her life and repertoire. At the age of 98 years, she displayed a … wedding songs, and coplas would accompany holidays and life-cycle rituals. Alicia did not perform these songs publicly. …
The Edith Gerson-Kiwi Legacy
… of Israel. Beyond her local foci of research and public life concerns in Israel, Gerson-Kiwi is a very significant … into consideration the socio-historical context of her life-achievements: a woman and a scientist in a patriarchal … community. The collection includes synagogue liturgy, life cycle songs, domestic rituals, and readings of sacred texts, …
Nuestro Señor Eloheinu/Las tablas de la Ley: A Song for Shavuot
… is derived from a group of songs often referred to as the ‘cycle of Moses’ due to their focus on the biblical and post-biblical legends pertaining to his life, including the Exodus from Egypt, the receiving of the … it became one of the most famous Judeo-Spanish songs of the cycle of Moses.” This version of “Nuestro señor eloheinu” …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… Vayera’ (Gen. XVIII:1 – XXII:24), early in the annual cycle of weekly portions, and on the second day of Rosh … Goldberg (2000) provides an extensive study of Maier Levi’s life and work. An important discussion of the ‘Akedah … the wider musical-liturgical context of the prayer cycle of the Seliḥot service. They are designed to modulate …
Rabbi Meir Eleazar Atiya
… been born and raised in Rabat but then spent most of his life in Israel, where he received his rabbinical education. … as well as in ceremonies celebrating the stages of the life cycle, such as circumcisions and weddings. He was not …
El Incendio de Saloniki: The Song of the Fire
… the fire played a catalytic role in ending an era of Jewish life in Saloniki. Greek authorities viewed the fire’s … comprised of a few hundred vital years of cultural life, tragically bookended by the expulsion from Spain … on historical events and Jewish festivities of the yearly cycle. Susana Weich-Shahak defines the copla as a poem that …
Debbie Friedman’s Shema’ Koleinu: An ancient prayer in a new musical garment
… youth first brought her music into the mainstream of Jewish life and into their synagogues, where many worshippers were … God returns to answer the believer’s prayers, and then the cycle begins again. The harmony in the first half of the …
Qad Zawajunī - Here I Was Wed
… as well as during events and ceremonies associated with the life cycle. However, the strictness of this gender-based … The repertoire also deals with themes that reflect daily life, as well as material and corporeal subjects. [1] The …
The Jerusalem-Sephardic Tradition
… The baqqashot singing tradition Piyyutim for the yearly cycle and life-cycle Summary Bibliography The Jerusalem-Sephardic … (from after midnight until the Sha h arit morning prayers), life-cycle events, and in piyyutim for Shabbat and holidays. …
Judeo-Spanish Songs for the Life Cycle in the Eastern Mediterranean
… in Ladino that Sephardic Jews used to sing in events of the life cycle in their communities in Turkey, the Balkans and … | 'גולדברג, הארוי א 2003 Jewish passages: cycles of Jewish life . Berkeley: University of California Press. Hassán, …


