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Abraham Ber Birnbaum
… eventually allowed it on the condition that he keep up his religious studies. When the family moved to Lodz, Birnbaum … poems (including Japanese poems). In the last years of his life, Birnbaum tried to establish another newspaper, but the …
Shlomo Carlebach
… is considered by many to be the foremost Jewish religious songwriter. He recorded over 25 albums, composed … here . Full biography: Brandwein, M. Reb Shlomele: the life and world of Shlomo Carlebach. Jerusalem : M. H. …
Shlomo ben Shimshon (Weintraub) Kashtan
… an itinerant Eastern European cantor, and maintained this lifestyle throughout nearly all of his career. He is most … by instruments. He was, at the same time, a man of profound religious devotion and piety, and of a great knowledge of … and transcriptions). A three-year research project on the life and music of Cantor Salomon is now in progress at the …
Deborah Lynn "Debbie" Friedman
… youth first brought her music into the mainstream of Jewish life and into their synagogues, where many worshippers were … English translations and interpretations of liturgical and religious Jewish themes, educational songs for children, …
Isaac Eliyahu Navon
… Eliyahu Navon excelled as well. From an early stage in life, Navon was influenced by the new currents which spread … 2. lyrical, secular poems (about love and nature) or with religious content (for example, dreams of redemption). His … resources. At the heart of his style are the patterns of religious piyyutim of the Jews of Turkey, created in the …
Yaakov ben Moshe Levi Moelin (Maharil)
… and textual comments, it contains a detailed description of religious observances and rites within and without the … and outlines, therefore, a faithful picture of the life of the German Jews. It was first published, with … being largely responsible for the high esteem accorded to religious tradition ('minhag') in the communities. Maharil …
Yehiel 'Adaki
… Jews of Yemen, while at the same time, continuing with his religious studies at night in the synagogue with Rabbi … transcriptions of Yemenite singing, a portion of 'Adaki's lifetime work of collecting and recording Yemenite singing. …
Israel Adler
… his parents at the age of eleven. He pursued traditional religious studies in yeshivot in Jerusalem and in Petah … of Jerusalem and the collection of the Institute of Religious Music in Jerusalem , whose director, Avigdor … that could never be realized to its fullness but during his lifetime Adler was able to complete two substantial sections …
Andre Hajdu
… immersed himself in Judaism and started to observe Jewish religious practices. At the same time, he mingled in Paris’ … children's choir and orchestra (1984), the cantata Eternal Life (1984), the opera The Story of Jonah (1987), Job and … migrations by design or by force, evolving attitudes to religious and national Jewish identity and tensions between …
David de Sola Pool
… was associated with Shearith Israel for the duration of his life, except for three years that he spent in the land of … Press, New York, 1955. Nima Adlerblum, “Reflections on the Life and Work of Rabbi David de Sola Pool,” Tradition, 30:1, … Thirteen Americans , Louis Finkelstein ed., Institute for Religious and Social Studies, New York, 1953, pp. 201-217. …