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Admor
Admor is an acronym in Hebrew for 'Adonenu, Morenu Ve-Rabenu' (our master, our teacher,…
Tish
In Yiddish, Tish means table. In the Hasidic movement, the Tish is the public feast of…
Ein Ke'eloheinu
A short piyyut from the Ge'onim era (7th-11th centuries). In the Ashkenazi Nusach it is…
Freylekhs
Yiddish term, popularly used to refer to a joyful Niggun, and is still used as…
Seliha-Selihot
The word Seliha (plural- Selihot) means forgiveness in Hebrew.
In the singular form…
Society for Jewish Folk Music
Violins, Voice and Jews
In the spring of 1897, on the eve of the Russian Orthodox…
Hora
Origin of the term
The word originates from Rumanian. As an ancient term it meant a…
Ba'al Menagen\ Menagen
The word 'menagen' (menágn in a Yiddish accent) comes from the verb 'nagen,' which in…
Representations of Jews in the Musical Theater of the Habsburg Empire (1788-1807)
Research on the image of the Jew in eighteenth-century literature and theater has not…
A Bookshelf On Top of the Sky: 12 Stories about John Zorn
Directed by Claudia Heuermann.
John Zorn is a Jewish American composer who has been…