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Baqqashah (Pl. Baqqashot)
The Baqqashot (petition) is a religious practice maintained by several Jewish…
Haggadah
Lit. “telling.” The Haggadah is a set of prayers, midrashic commentaries and psalms…
Tish
In Yiddish, Tish means table. In the Hasidic movement, the Tish is the public feast of…
A Free People
Directed by Michael Elkins
In this film about immigration to Israel from Europe and…
A letter to mother - A Brivele der Mamen
Directed by Joseph Green
Classic Yiddish film from 1939 with music by Abe Ellstein…
About the Jews of Yemen, A Vanishing Culture
This film, by renowned ethnomusicologist Johanna Spector, addresses the history and…
Yiddish Folksong (The Music of the Yiddish Folksong)
The Yiddish language, which probably began to develop around the tenth century A.D. in…
Omer Dancing at Ramat Yochanan
Produced by Norman Lourie and Joseph Krumbgold
This Zionist film documents the Omer…
Last Jews in Yemen
Larry S. Frisch
Tamar Jafroie is an Israeli of Yemenite decent. In search or her…
Had Gadya
Written in Aramaic, Had Gadya appears at the very end of the Passover Haggadah.…