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Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… accorded the Binding of Isaac a significant role in pre-modern times (Katz 2008). A Yiddish prose adaptation of the … Yet the most outstanding retelling of this story in pre-modern Yiddish literature is the epic poem Yudisher shtam … Tensions between Liturgical Custom and Halakkhah in Judaism . Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College Press. Levi, Leo. …
A.Z. Idelsohn: A Pioneer in Jewish Ethnomusicology
… it to its former glory became the task which started the modern search after the true and most ancient sources of … phases of liturgical music in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism helped to discover the living Orient with its many …
Four Melodies for Four Questions
… home as a performing stage, even though major ceremonies of Judaism which include music take place within the circle of … the character of the texts included in this compilation. As modernity made its inroads into Jewish homes, more metric … between the question (traditional) and the answer (modern). Put differently, in the process of oral …
Debbie Friedman’s Shema’ Koleinu: An ancient prayer in a new musical garment
… is the sixteenth paragraph of the central prayer of Judaism, the Amidah . It also appears in the Ta’anit … cry”—an octave leap at the opening of a melody—appears in modern Hebrew compositions in which the singing subject … of Debbie Friedman, see: Judah M. Cohen, “Singing Out for Judaism: A History of Song Leaders and Song Leading at …
Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
… in both sections as one of the main sources for the modern musicological use of the term. Dalia Cohen (2006, … (2013) correlates the Tiberian system of te’amim with the modern prosodic hierarchy, theorized in Selkirk 1984 and … of Association for Jewish Studies (AJS) and Union of Reform Judaism (URJ) guidelines. The apostrophe is used for sh’va …
Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… obscurity and are only known to experts in the history of modern Hebrew song. Na’aleh L’artzeinu is only dimly … culture, the contemporary klezmer scene, and even into modern synagogue liturgical practice. As the first published … contributions to the liturgical music of American Reform Judaism and his work on Biblical cantillation, he was also …
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… It also exemplifies the elusiveness of the symbols of modern nation-states. From the outset, we note that this is … diasporas, was a crucial component in the nourishing of the modern Jewish national sentiment in the first two decades of … sing Lekh le-shalom geshem held an even stronger grip on Judaism having to overcome the forced conversions of the …
Ehad mi Yodea - Its sources, variations, and parodies
… to Biblical figures, concepts, and objects related to Judaism: One – God; two – the two tablets of the covenant; … H asidim and the Lubavitcher Rebbe singing “Ekh ti zimliak” Modern composer, pedagogue and scholar, Andre Hajdu , … mi yodea’ in the Ladino Speaking Communities.” Studies in modern Hebrew and Jewish languages: Presented to Ora …
Woody Guthrie's Hanukkah Songs
… Greenblatt that Guthrie became more acquainted with Judaism. They would share songs and Woody would study Jewish … of history, a sense of national and cultural pride, and the modern holiday. A hint towards Zionism can also be found in …
Judeo-Spanish Songs for the Life Cycle in the Eastern Mediterranean
… Proceedings of the EAJS Congress, Toledo, 1998 , Vol. II, Judaism from the Renaissance to Modern Times, Eds. J. Tarragona Borrás & A. Sáenz Badillos. …