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Armand Sabah

… Israel with his family at age ten. His father came from a musical family related to the renowned Moroccan singer and composer Sami Elmagribi. The love of music in his household was evident through the constant presence of music and the extensive collection of records his father …

Nitzan Hen Razael

… Nitzan-Chen Razael grew up in Jerusalem in a musical family. His grandfather was a cellist. He studied in the high school close to the Academy of Music and Dance in Jerusalem and then in the high school … of Jerusalem. In the IDF, Razael served as an outstanding musician in the Education Corps Orchestra. After his …

Shefa Gold

… Energy & Ecstatic Practice. She is a composer of spiritual music and produced more than 10 albums. One of her famous … From that, Gold's definition of chanting: the musical and rhythmic repetition of a sacred phrase from a …

Fog al-Nakhal (فوق النخل): Multicultural and Transnational Journeys of an Iraqi Folksong

… history is complex, revealing a number of interrelated musical and textual settings. Looking into the information … of different composers, such as the prominent Iraqi-Jewish musician Salah al-Kuwaity (1908-1986), and in some cases it … (Shohat 2015: 32; Murad 2003: 15-17). According to Iraqi music scholar Scheherezade Qassim Hassan, the melody is …

Rabbi Hanna Tiferet Siegel

… Jewish Studies Degree at Boston Hebrew College in 2003. Her music style was inspired by Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach who … her to compose her own prayers and renew the Jewish music tradition; by Rabbi Zalman Schachter Shalomi that … by Debbie Friedman with her new singer-songwriter Jewish music style. Her compositions promote Jewish feminism, …