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Sholom Secunda
Sholom Secunda was born on August 23, 1894 in Alexandria, a small town in the Kherson…
Simha Arom
A French-Israeli ethnomusicologist who is recognized as a world expert on the music of…
Israel Adler
Israel Adler (1925-2009): In Memoriam
Israel Adler died on August 17, 2009 after a…
Elio Piattelli
Biography by Pasquale Troia
Choirmaster of the Tempio Maggiore (Great Synagogue) in…
Isadore Freed
Isadore Freed was born in Brest-Litovsk, Russia on March 26, 1900. At the age of three,…
Meir Shimon Geshuri
Meir Shimon Geshuri (née Bruckner; April 19, 1897 - December 9, 1977) was an Israeli…
Mordekhai Hershman
Mordekhai (Mordecai; Mordkhe) Hershman was born in 1888 in Chernigov (Polish: Chernikhov…
The Cantorial Fantasia of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries: A Late Manifestation of the Musical Trope
Western Ashkenazi cantors have developed a new soloist style of liturgically important…
Gesture, Dance and Melody in Traditional Ashkenazi Culture
The Fifteenth World Congress Of Jewish Studies Jerusalem
Session: Ashkenazi…
Judeo-Spanish Traditions in Transition
Judeo-Spanish Traditions in Transition (Shared session with the Ladino Program)…