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Review essay: Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics
… from the in-depth essays on such collections. Analyzing the social and institutional background of each collection, as … (Daugavpils)” had between 1929 and 1935 “Latvian language studies in Jewish secondary schools”, but this apparently …
Bore ‘ad ana – A Dirge for the Ninth of Av and its Geographical Distribution
… late Sephardic piyyut ,' [In Hebrew], Exile and diaspora: studies in the history of the Jewish people presented to … of repertoire and the consequences of migrations and other social dislocations on Jewish liturgical traditions. Before …
Nili Belkind
… and the Politics of Aesthetic Production (Routledge 2021) studies the complex relationship of musical culture to … the conflict, borders and boundaries are material and social manifestations of the ways in which the production of … used to culturally assert or reterritorialize spatial and social boundaries in a situation of ongoing political …
Stefanie Mockert
… the Hebrew University's Jewish Music Research Centré. Her studies focus on the liturgical music of Southern German … perspective inspired by philosophical aesthetics, social history, and critical theory. Mockert has been …
Yom Yom Odeh: Towards the Biography of a Hebrew Baidaphon Record
… well as to anticipate my focus on the record’s contemporary social interpretation. Today, the famous record is carefully … field of archeology. Developed in the early 1980s by the social theorist Bruno Latour and his colleagues at the … Ph.D. diss., School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). Doubleday, Veronica. 1999. “The Frame Drum …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… in Yiddish literature, however, changed, thereby reflecting social dynamics and the popularity of sung texts in Jewish … “The Musical Vocabulary of Ashkenazic Hazanim .” In Studies in Biblical and Jewish Folklore . Ed. Raphael Patai … Century Yiddish Epic with Introduction and Notes.” In Two Studies in Yiddish Culture , edited by Percy Matenko, 1–70. …
Bernardo Feuer
… and especially of Feuer’s father. Feuer continued his studies for a brief period in Warsaw, though his family does … membership. On October 5th, 1942, Bernardo Feuer joined the Socialist Zionist organization “Poalei Sion-Seire Sion.” … created by Rabbi Meyer in 1959. Ramah carried out cultural, social and religious activities. … 623 … composer and choir …
Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… such commonplace songs. Some of them became popular in one social circle or another and later entered the canon of … “Mt. Meron tunes,” as they became called following the studies of this repertoire by Andre Hajdu and Yaacov Mazor. … Edwin Seroussi, the Joyce Z. Greenberg Professor of Jewish Studies, in the winter of 2016 at the Department of Music of …
Qad Zawajunī - Here I Was Wed
… difficulties of day-to-day life and even criticism of their social status in their communities: 'At their parties they … the performances of the song 'do not aspire to change the social order, but rather provide a space to express the … Johanna. “Bridal Songs and Ceremonies from San’a.” In Studies in Biblical and Jewish Folklore , edited by R. …

Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… text not only fails to acknowledge many earlier substantial studies on the subject but, in spite of a short discussion … (i.e. from the former Ottoman Empire). It is in this social context of difference that we need to read the Igly … religious circles. In the 1930s there was a propensity by socialist Zionists to replace it with Haim N. Bialik’s …