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Kabalat Shabat
Kabalat Shabat refers to the part of the Friday evening service that precedes the…
Contrafactum
A term borrowed from medieval Christianity. It refers to a technique of…
Representations of Jews in the Musical Theater of the Habsburg Empire (1788-1807)
Research on the image of the Jew in eighteenth-century literature and theater has not…
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…
Karaite Jews Musical Tradition
Since the establishment of this community, the Karaites have maintained the basic…
Edge of the West
Directed by Arnan Zafrir
This hour long film documents the different traditions and…
Israel Rocks: A Journey Through Music of Visions and Divisions
Directed by Izzy Abrahami and Erga Netz
Film about Israeli music as well as some…
Jericho's Echo: Punk Rock in the Holy Land
Directed by Liz Nord
Jericho's Echo is a documentary film about the Israeli hardcore…
Yiddish Folksong (The Music of the Yiddish Folksong)
The Yiddish language, which probably began to develop around the tenth century A.D. in…