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Arba Otiyot
… This CD is dedicated to piyutim (sung sacred poetry) of the Jews of the Tafilalt (Berb. Tāfīlālt) region, in particular … institution dedicated to the research of the Sephardic and Oriental Jewry, under the direction of Yair Harel and …
The medieval Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini and its Purim connections: New sources on its music
… letters of the Hebrew alphabet, endowed the song with an “Oriental” flavor. So far we have covered the modern Zionist … below, attesting that it was known among the Baghdadi Jews until the last generation of immigrants to Israel in …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… [1] It has been retold by generation after generation of Jews in various vernacular languages, in both oral and … returned to the subject in the seventh volume of Hebräisch-orientalischer Melodienschatz , dedicated to the synagogue … (when the gates of mercy open), which is sung in oriental Jewish communities during Rosh Hashanah services …
Moshe Attias
… he had towards the way the State of Israel treated Moroccan Jews (see more below), he remained a local patriot. A … point to a dialogue with the mainstream of Israeli Oriental pop, as shown by love songs such as the … recruited his artistic gifts to advance the status of the Oriental Jewry in general and the Moroccan Jewry in …
Yom Yom Odeh: Towards the Biography of a Hebrew Baidaphon Record
… in the sixteenth century that continues amongst Syrian Jews today (Kligman 2009; Shelemay 1998). “ Yom Yom Odeh ” … pizmonim. Many of them continue to be sung by Syrian Jews around the world, where Taboush’s legacy, his persona … of Remembrance and Representation.” Ph.D. diss., School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). Doubleday, Veronica. …
The Fall of Jerusalem in Song: The Ashkenazi Melody She’eh ne’esar
… his A Voice Still Heard: The Sacred Song of the Ashkenazic Jews (University Park and London, 1976, pp. 100-101) … Idelsohn’s introduction to volume 7 of the Thesaurus of Oriental Jewish Melodies (1932, p. xxxix), which also refers … melodies.” Figure 5. A. Z. Idelsohn, Thesaurus of Oriental Hebrew Melodies , vol. 7, no. 295 This version is …
The Edith Gerson-Kiwi Legacy
… and settled in Jerusalem. There he founded the Archive for Oriental Music at the Hebrew University. Edith Gerson-Kiwi … vividly transpires in her encounters with Middle Eastern Jews eternalized in her voluminous recordings. Edith … I - Zwei Aufsaetze: Die Musik im Volksleben Nordafrikas; Orientalische Musik und Antike (in German) Lachmann …
Bore ‘ad ana – A Dirge for the Ninth of Av and its Geographical Distribution
… of prayers for the Ninth of Av among the Sephardic and Oriental Jewish communities. The identity of the author is … maqam-oriented school of the Ades Synagogue of the Aleppan Jews. For many years, Nehemiah was cantor and preacher at … in Neo-Aramaic (the vernacular language of the Kurdish Jews), Kurmanji, Hebrew and Arabic. He was a sought-after …
Review essay: Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics
… from minority communities which inhabited Latvia, namely, Jews, Roma, Russians, Germans, Lithuanians, Poles, … Meir Shimon Geshuri argued that “Our music must remain Oriental in character, since we were an Oriental people in the Land of Israel” (Geshuri 1943). A …
A Moroccan Synagogue Service
… issues emerged during early fieldwork among Moroccan Jews in Israel, it was always a peripheral topic, and mostly … liturgical repertoires mark sonic difference between Jews and Muslims in Morocco. They comprise an intimate space … to the diasporic Jewish commonwealth of Sephardic and Oriental pedigree and, to a certain measure, to modern …