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Das Reichsorchester
… Directed by Enrique Sánchez Lansch This film reveals the story of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra during the Third Reich as told by the musicians … affiliation with the Nazi party it has long been considered a Nazi orchestra. This film paints a different picture …
‘I’m Sorry, It’s Yom Kippur’: Atonement through Punk (and Traditional Jewish Music)
… Our song for this month is I'm sorry, It’s Yom Kippur by the Brooklyn based band Schmekel (Yiddish for a small … all. Some transgender people identify wholly with one preferred gender category (male or female) that is just not the … song Shark Attack , which is about having to explain one's chest scars that are a result of chest reduction surgery …
Brakha Tzefira
… Brakha Tzefira was born in Jerusalem in 1910. Her father emmigrated from Yemen in 1887, and settled in the then … until 1929. While performing with Hakumkum, she also appeared as a solo singer and as a choir conductor on various … she brought them, for piano, chamber music ensemble, or orchestral accompaniment. Each of the composers was interested …
Elohim Eshala
… NSA, Jacob Michael Collection, R 0080. This is a copy of the 1958 Folkways release by the Israeli singer Geula Gill … this long-play appears to be then a strategic decision geared to stress an essentialized “Israeli exoticism” that … Damari’s version of Elohim Eshala accompanied by the Orchestra of Kol Zion Lagola was recorded in Israel but was …

Bernstein Remembered
… Directed by Michael Liben This film, put together by the Hebrew University looks back on Leonard … as he was a guest conducter for the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra before the creation of the state and continued to … … Mahler, Gustav … Hatikvah … Israel … Bernstein Remembered …
Kaddish
… Kaddish is one of the most important and central parts of the Jewish liturgy. … 18 th century Jewish musical score has been discovered, which include several Kaddish prayers. The manuscript … 'Kaddish,' from Deux mélodies hébraïques for voice and orchestra, by Maurice Ravel. This song is based on the Kaddish …
Priestly Blessing- Birkat Kohanim
… [1] The triple blessing, or the Priestly Blessing, is arguably … role in the fact that the Priestly Blessing has acquired much respect from ancient times up until the present … for the blessing, the Ashkenazi community had the richest assortment of melodies, compositions, and pieces …

Society for Jewish Folk Music
… Violins, Voice and Jews In the spring of 1897, on the eve of the Russian Orthodox … friend of Engel’s, “The young Engel was overwhelmed, bewildered… [Stasov’s] words struck Engel’s imagination like … United States in the 1930’s, where he conducted a small orchestra and choir in Indianapolis. He died in 1946. His …
Ahavat ‘Olamim
… is an original production based on a performance held in the framework of the Israel Festival in 2010. This is the … tradition of Morocco and Algeria. This tradition, shared by Jews and Muslims, is rooted in the experience of … culture. Performers: Rabbi Haim Louk , the New Jerusalem Orchestra, Piyyut Ensemble of the Ben Zvi Institute. You can …
Ner Haviv, Ner Na'eh
… at a Hanukkah celebration, Jerusalem 2001 Transcription of the song … 57 … 738 … Jerusalem … This song of the month was … genre of popular poems which address the hope for redemption, a topic which has maintained relevant in the … recorded in an elaborated symphonic arrangement by the orchestra of Kol Israel (Radio Israel) performed by singer …