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The Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam
… known by its Ladino name, Esnoga, and is one of the Dutch Jewish community's most important structures. Its history … moisture from congregants' shoes and to dim noise. The women's section is located on a balcony one story higher and … founders were the “Marranos and Anusim, who brought music with them from the Catholic church.” [1] He offers the …
Abyadi Ana
… to the wedding ceremony (usually on the day before) in Jewish communities throughout the Middle East and North … the form of complex traditional patterns draw by expert women. Nowadays, grooms’ hands are also painted with henna. … authentic “ethnic” dishes and drinks, as well as skilled musicians who perform traditional henna songs. [1] …
‘I’m Sorry, It’s Yom Kippur’: Atonement through Punk (and Traditional Jewish Music)
… playing in 2010 and are a self-proclaimed ‘100% Trans Jewish band.’ One definition to the term transgender can be … compositions that combine, among other genres, punk music, polkas, cantorial singing, and Jewish melodies … don't fit either, they don't feel like 'real men' or 'real women'.' (Bazant, 48). Despite these interpretations of the …
Karaite Jews Musical Tradition
… sect's central administration. The Karaite Legacy and its Musical Tradition The Karaite legacy, which was formed and … an oral tradition. It is performed by the entire community—women, men, and children—and is an inseparable part of the … melody to the same text is performed by Avraham Kanai, a Jewish Karaite from Kazakhstan. The third melody originated …
Brakha Tzefira
… His wife Hadassah, Brakha's beloved teacher, encouraged her musical talents, and proposed that Tzefira should sing … Tzefira knew from her childhood including Sephardic songs, Jewish songs from Yemen, Persia, and Bukhara, as well as … returned to the neighborhoods she grew up in. She asked old women to sing her their songs, and she participated in local …
Elohim Eshala
… They formed an ensemble specializing on Israeli “folk music” called “Oranim Tzabar” playing arrangements by … exoticism” that captivated at the time the American Jewish audience. It is clear that the voices of Shoshana … on non-sense syllable with ululations of joy (apparently by women) in the background. He sings a selection of stanzas …
Hanukkah Blessings
… Blessings while lighting the candles is a well-established Jewish family practice that is usually performed by the head … of the candles occurred in community contexts, special musical settings were arranged. Our Song of the Month … Sopranos. Hazzan Marlena Fuerstman made the arrangement for women’s voices and conducted the ensemble. … Hanukkah … …
Badhan
… Hebrew lit. entertainer. A merrymaker, rhymester, and musician who entertains primarily at weddings. Professional Jewish singers called badhanim or leizanim ('jesters') are … addressed the bride with rhymed lyrical praise while the women performed the ceremony of bedeken (covering the bride …
Judeo-Spanish Moroccan Songs for the Life Cycle
… a book of the same title, by the above editor (Yuval Music Series, vol. 1, 1989). 1st edition (1989) was … . … 73 … 73 … 2 … 7 … 38990 … 1 CD … Jerusalem … Morocco … Jewish Music Research Centre, The Hebrew University of … … Ethnography … Field recordings … Ethnomusicology … Women singing … Judeo-Spanish - Ladino … Sephardi … Susana …
Music
… Bathja Bayer (Biblical Period) and Edith Gerson-Kiwi (Folk Music). Identical with the entry of the 1972 edition (Vol. 12, Cols. 554–678) with new additions on Women’s Folk Music (Amnon Shiloah), Art Music in Israel … (Gila Flam). Free access online through the Bureau of Jewish Education *website[ …