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«A Special Kind of Antisemitism»: On Russian Nationalism and Jewish Music
In 1958, on the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Society for Jewish Folk…
Joseph Achron
Joseph Achron was born in Lozdzieje, a small village in Lithuania. His musical…
Society for Jewish Folk Music
Violins, Voice and Jews
In the spring of 1897, on the eve of the Russian Orthodox…
The Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam
The beautiful Dutch synagogue is also known by its Ladino name, Esnoga, and is one of…
Meir Shimon Geshuri
… memory which survived the destruction caused by the right (Nazism) and the left (Communism/Bolshevikism). Volume three …
Brakha Tzefira
Brakha Tzefira was born in Jerusalem in 1910. Her father emmigrated from Yemen in 1887,…
Yossef (Yusuf) Zaarur
Childhood and early musical career
Yossef (Yusuf) Zaarur (يوسف زعرور) was born in…
קרול רטהאוס
מלחין, פסנתרן ופדגוג יהודי; נולד בטרנופול, אך בבגרותו גר ויצר בווינה וברלין, בפריז…
Review essay: Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics
Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics:…
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
If you have ever searched for Hatikvah online, you were surely exposed to a barrage of…