(132 results found)
Joel Walbe
… for wealthy Jewish families in Russia. He first studied Torah in the Heder, and then proceeded to general studies …
Joseph Albaradani
… suburb of Baghdad. Albarandi composed poems for the Annual Torah reading cycle, in addition to various piyutim. His …
Israel Goldfarb
… Goldfarb prepared many Bar-Mitzvah students to read the Torah. His most famous pupil was the composer Aaron Copland …
David Menahem
… in the Ades Synagogue . As a child, he studied at a Talmud Torah and later went on to study in the Merkaz Harav … instruments. Since childhood, along with pursuing his Torah studies, he has performed with Iraqi musicians, …
Yehiel 'Adaki
… his mother as an embroiderer. As a child, 'Adaki studied Torah and Hebrew. When he was nine, his father died, and his … various shows in which he read Parashat Hashavu'a (weekly Torah portion), performed with his choir, and lectured about …
Israel Alter
Israel Alter was born in Lvov (then known as Lemberg, today Ukraine) into a Hasidic…
Moses Beregovski
… Music School and a ba’al kore (official who reads the Torah from the scroll in synagogue with proper accentuation …
Mordechai Breuer
… in the Frankfurt am Main community; Shabbat; Zemirot; Torah reading; Daily prayers; Hagim; Passover Haggadah; …
Yehuda Ratzaby
… prayers according to the local custom, and how to read the Torah with the Aramaic translation. Ratzaby immigrated to … of Tel Aviv. He attended the Tachkemoni School (A Talmud Torah for Yemenites children) and the Balfour Gymnasium. In … and 1979, and in 1990 he received the 'Rav Kook Prize for Torah literature'. In 1996 he received the Israel Prize, and …
I’m a Yankee Doodle Dandy? Identity and Melody at an American Simhat Torah Celebration
… … … 37 … 1993 … Foreign melodies … Popular music … Simhat Torah … Torah … America … Ethnomusicology … Field work … USA … Pop … … Doodle Dandy? Identity and Melody at an American Simhat Torah Celebration …