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Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… choir were perhaps his first efforts in what would be a life-long devotion to modern Hebrew song. In 1922 Binder … in Binder’s book, would sound familiar to most Jews with a religious background but would be meaningful to secular Jews … L’artzeinu. The Yiddish lyrics of this song are deeply religious in nature and talk about the coming of the …
Qad Zawajunī - Here I Was Wed
… as well as during events and ceremonies associated with the life cycle. However, the strictness of this gender-based … segregation was variable depending on the level of religious observance in each specific community. For … and rural Jewish women in Yemen. In accordance to the rigid religious lifestyle of the cities, the urban women were seen …
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… song) is the “true” original melody. A Secular Anthem, Religious Song, Concert Lied or Popular Hit? The reception … this official sanctification below in more detail. A religious song from West to East The reception of Hatikvah … [sic] for example, is really characteristic of Jewish life in Europe, and full of Jewish feeling. The melody is …
Karev Yom
… I am still living the life of those times… Theodore Bikel On October 2, 2014, … firmly attached to the land, free from the shackles of religious Jewish Orthodoxy and sexually appealing. It … to pass at midnight! As hinted above, Bikel transforms this religious poem into an unassuming folk song liberated from …
Experiencing Devekut
… the power of the niggun experience in the hasid ’s religious life, it is necessary to elaborate on concepts such as …
«A Special Kind of Antisemitism»: On Russian Nationalism and Jewish Music
… in the early twentieth century actually took on a life of their own, influencing the national character of the … a narrower Russian national culture based on ethnic and religious Russianness. In this sense, Rimsky-Korsakov, … and Joseph Achron found that the American Jewish focus on religious and ethnic identity could not accommodate their …
Beroyges-tants
… the women. Also in the essay of Samuel Rappaport, on the religious life of Eastern European Jews, he records that the …
Kale bazetsen (LKT)
… invites various guests up to dance the mitsve tants , the religious obligation to dance with the bride. Max wrote the … of the young couple’s transition from single to married life. Tunes for the kale bazetsn are slow, florid, … liturgy, commonly sung to a variety of tunes, as a zemerl (religious folk song).” Schlesinger, Alpert, Rubin 1989 . ( …
Chasidic in America
… century. This complexity can be seen in Moishe Oysher’s life, which fluctuated between the cantorial world of the … the status of cantors., as well as on all aspects of Jewish life. After arriving in America some cantors found that a … stage and movie screen has moved into the realm of domestic religious ritual, the Passover seder . And yet, its extreme …
Had Gadya in Israeli Culture
… in kibbutz Ma'abarot . The celebration of the seder , a religious ceremony anchored in the ancient practices of the …