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Sara Levi-Tanai
… renowned for her significant contributions to dance and theater in Israel. Her works, deeply rooted in Jewish and … Yemenite traditions, significantly shaped Israel's cultural landscape. Sara Levi-Tanai was born in Jerusalem to a family … Her innovative teaching materials, including original songs and music, gained significant recognition and have …
"Esh'al elohai - Vehalleluya" (I will ask my God - Halleluja)
… Poem by Yosef ben Israel, signed Ani Yosef . The poem speaks of the vision of redemption, the return to Zion and settlement in the Land of Israel. This is an exceedingly popular poem, and it … the Lord grant you a good life). … 7 … Kiryat Ono … With Songs They Respond: The Diwan of the Jews from Central Yemen …
Joe Elias
… Joe Elias was born into a Sephardic family in Brooklyn. The youngest of seven children, Joe learned his songs on his mother’s knee, Sarah Elias . As a schoolteacher … collect songs at the Sephardic Home for the Aged in Coney Island and travelled across the world to other Ladino-speaking …
1. Oh Lovely Parrot!
… forest flowed with milk. Ayyayya Birds were sitting there, raised up high. Ayyayya 4. The … another place to dwell. The mention of Palur in these two songs and two others (songs 2 and 14) points to a tradition … a Jewish reference echoing the biblical description of the Land of Israel as “a land flowing with milk and honey” (for …