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István Anhalt
Istavan Anhalt was born in Budapest, Hungary, where he studied composition with Kodály…
Had Gadya
Written in Aramaic, Had Gadya appears at the very end of the Passover Haggadah.…
Mordkhe Shekhter
Itsye Mordkhe Shekhter was born on December 1927, in Czernowitz, Ukraine. He descended…
Bessie Schonberg
Bessie Schönberg was born in Hanover, Germany in December 1906, the youngest of three…
Kosher-tants (LKT)
This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT…
Mitsve-tants (LKT)
This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT…
«A Special Kind of Antisemitism»: On Russian Nationalism and Jewish Music
In 1958, on the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Society for Jewish Folk…
Experiencing Devekut
“Among hasidim the niggun not only reveals the state of mind of…
Mailamm, 1932–1941: Die Geschichte einer Vereinigung zur Förderung jüdischer Musik in den USA
An account of one of the earliest and most significant organizations involved in the…