… Studying Hatikvah shows how a distinct Zionist music culture emerged in Palestine and spread throughout the … assemblies in Jewish communities of the Eastern Mediterranean. For example, for the meeting of the ‘Hallel … in Sarajevo. [56] The recording industry in the Eastern Mediterranean also offers evidence of the status of Hatikvah …

… to a cycle of several romance/coplas widespread in Western Mediterranean traditions, and most especially north Morocco, …

… blessing after Shema is sung to the tune of the Eastern Mediterranean Judeo-Spanish song “La rosa enflorece” (aka … consistency. Only the use of a tune from an Eastern Mediterranean Judeo-Spanish song discloses the specific … resistance to centripetal forces affecting the religious culture of the Jews from Islamic countries in Israel. …