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Simon-David Duque
Simon-David Duque was one of the last two ḥazzanim of the Portuguese Synagogue…
Jacob Bachman
Jacob Bachmann was born in 1846 in Berdichev (today Ukraine). As a child he studied in a…
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Joshua (Osias) Abrass
Joshua Abrass was Born in Berdichev in 1820. He was also known as 'Pitshe…
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Hirsch Glik
Hirsch Glik was born in 1920 to a working class family in Vilna. Glik began writing…
Mordekhai Zeira
Life
Mordekhai Zeira was born in Kiev, Russia, in 1905. Although he was born to a…
The Western Sephardi Liturgical Tradition as Sung by Abraham Lopes Cardoso
The Western Sephardi Liturgical Tradition as Sung by Abraham Lopes Cardozo. Originally…
Had Gadya
Written in Aramaic, Had Gadya appears at the very end of the Passover Haggadah.…
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Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
If you have ever searched for Hatikvah online, you were surely exposed to a barrage of…
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
Niggun ‘Akedah is an Ashkenazi melody firmly associated with the Binding of Isaac,…
The Edith Gerson-Kiwi Legacy
“From Berlin to Jerusalem and Back - The Letters of German-Jewish Musicologist Edith…