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Ba'al Tefillah
Lit. 'master of prayer'. Generally used in contrast to 'Hazzan' to designate a person…
Society for Jewish Folk Music
Violins, Voice and Jews
In the spring of 1897, on the eve of the Russian Orthodox…
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…
Kaddish
Kaddish is one of the most important and central parts of the Jewish liturgy. Most of it…
Kedusha
A responsorial prayer segment from the third benediction of Hazarat Hashatz recited by…
Brakha Tzefira
Brakha Tzefira was born in Jerusalem in 1910. Her father emmigrated from Yemen in 1887,…
Aharon Amram
Aharon Amram was born in Sana'a, Yemen, in 1939. His father, Rabbi Shlomo Amram, worked…