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Minhah
… prayer is recited silently. This custom can be found in the Lithuanian Yeshivas who believe that extended prayers keep …
Observations on Practices of Nusach in America
… divergence as it is reflected primarily by East European, Lithuanian, and Hassidic influences, a process of …
Ess firt kejn weg zurik-- :Geschichte und Lieder des Ghettos von Wilna, 1941-1943
… … Holocaust songs … Yiddish … Persecutions … Ghetto … Lithuania … World War II - 2nd World War - WW2 … Jews … …
Hintern Forhang [Behind the Scenes]
This book includes articles and anecdotes about Yiddish theater. A second edition was…
Vos der Yidisher Aktyor Dertseylt [What the Jewish Actor Recounts]
A collection of anecdotes relating to the Yiddish theater and its star actors.
Aaron Copland
… Aaron Copland was born in Brooklyn, New York, to parents of Lithuanian Jewish descent. In 1917 he began studying theory …
Zecharia Plavin
… Juozas Domarkas, and performed youthful recitals throughout Lithuania. From 1977 in Israel, graduated from Tel Aviv … Israeli Broadcasting Authority and - in recent years - for Lithuanian Music Archive. Many thematic duo performances … chamber music collaborations in Israel, Germany and Lithuania. PhD dissertation of Hebrew University (1998) …
Joseph Achron
… Joseph Achron was born in Lozdzieje, a small village in Lithuania . His musical genius became evident early on and … then province of the Russian Empire, now Lazdijai , Lithuania . He was initially taught violin by his father … phrases from traditional Biblical cantillation (in the Lithuanian pronunciation accustomed to him) that he believed …