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Diwan
… is a paraliturgical collection of poems for home use, intended for all family and social celebrations of the yearly … Spain. This collection was gradually expanded from the sixteenth century onward by the addition of poems by … synagogue. Over the generations, the number of poems written by Yemenite authors grew larger than those written by …
Minhah
… the term Min h a came from Kings 1 18:36 where it is written that Elijah prayed during the time of the Min h a, a … This belief is based on Genesis 24:63 where it is written, “He went out to the field one evening to meditate.” In … Min h a) – recited in the afternoon hours—that is, after six and a half temporal hours. [1] It is called the large …
Baqqashah (Pl. Baqqashot)
… today originated among cabbalistic circles in Safed in the sixteenth century. The cabbalists of Safed ascribed prime … singing of piyyutim. Their repertoire included poems written by the poets of the so-called ‘Golden Age’ of Hebrew … the Land of Israel and the neighboring countries from the sixteenth century onwards. The most prominent among them was …
Ma'oz Tzur
… of the Hanukkah menorah. The original text included six stanzas expressing hope for the reestablishment of the …
Ebraica
… entry, designation for Jewish textual or musical content … 4 … 4 … 2 … The New Revised Grove Dictionary of Music … London … Macmillan … … 2001 … Seventeenth (17th) Century … Sixteenth (16th) Century … Satire … Don Harrán … Ebraica …
The Jazz Singer
… system, the movie stars Al Jolson, who performs six songs. Directed by Alan Crosland, it is based on the …
Journey to Jerusalem
… Bernstein and Isaac Stern come to Jerusalem just after the Six-Day-War to give a special concert in the Mt. Scopus …
The Comedian Harmonists - Documentary
… Revelers. His sextet, consisting of a bass, a baritone, two tenors, a piano player and one who imitated musical … under the Nazi regime until being banned for 'Marxist tendencies.' Eberhard Fechner's film traces the history of these six performers, but this is not a musical, but a …
Ben Ami
… of an online exhibit entitled: 'Abraham Goldfaden: A Centennial Tribute,' prepared by Eva Heinstein with help from … After Goldfaden passed, the play continued to run for six months, with overwhelming success. Source: Yiddish Drama …
Jewish Identities and Ideologies in Music
… an Archive of Oriental Music there in 1935. Lachmann’s insistence on giving equal priority to the neighbouring … of the Levi family, were active over three generations in sixteenth-century Mantua: Abraham, otherwise known as Abramo … will be reviewed for their musical and biographical content and their unusual data on Jewish-Christian relations, …