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Velvel Pasternak
The JMRC mourns the passing of Velvel Pasternak, scholar of Hassidic music and founder…
Israel Meyer Japhet
Israel Meyer Japhet was born in Kassel, Germany. In 1853 he began working as choir…
Israel Goldfarb
Israel Goldfarb was born in Sieniawa, Galicia (today Poland), and immigrated to New York…
Mathew Miller (Matisyahu)
Born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA. Released his first album in 2004, and has been…
David de Sola Pool
Rabbi Dr. David de Sola Pool was the foremost Sephardic rabbi in the United States…
Abraham Zvi Idelsohn
Idelsohn was born in Filsberg, Latvia (former Kurland or Courland) and began his study…
Mordechai Breuer
Mordechai Breuer was born in the city of Frankfurt am Main on April, 1918. He was the…
The Priestly Blessing in the Ashkenazi Synagogue: Ritual and Chant
'The Purpose of this article is to survey the traditional developments of the PB […
Liturgical-Musical Customs at the Dawn of a New Era: Continuity and Change in Salomon Geiger’s Divrey Kehillot
Geiger’s work testifies to the overwhelming continuity of the liturgical-musical customs…
Le Niggûn Merôn
The Klezmer musicians of the Ultra-Orthodox communiity in Jerusalem, Safed and…