… singular khusid ] were cornerstones of Leon’s old-time, Jewish dance repertoire. He often referred to them as a … [ mitsve dance], alluding to their frequent use at Jewish weddings to accompany the mitsve [ritual … circle or line dance, the most common in East European Jewish wedding dance repertoire, in 4/4 rhythm... Khusidl, …

… Netsky’s Klezmer: Music and Community in Twentieth Century Jewish Philadelphia (2015) and Walter Zev Feldman’s Klezmer: … resource—he offers background on the general history of Jewish-interest instrumental records in the early twentieth … a common mode of expression with its own variations across Jewish communities, limiting his analysis to melodic …

… of 'play song” or singing game commonly performed among the Jewish communities of central and southern Yemen. It is sung … h enna ceremony as part of the repertoire of Yemenite Jewish women singers. In Yemen, the separation of men and … contradiction reflects an inner conflict in the women's identity, which is connected to their role and place in …

… as early as 1927 in a collection of Lithuanian Jewish tunes (Bernstein [1927] 1958, #95), in which it is … is highlighted: Textless songs have probably been common in Jewish life for a long time. This could be connected with … of the means by which the historical-chronological identity of the group is strengthened and its continuity …

…  הציטוט עפ'י:  Ro’i, Y., “Nehama Lifshitz, symbol of the Jewish national awakening”, Jewish Culture and Identity in the Soviet Union . Ed. by Yaacov Ro'i and Avi …

… baby, a secular activity, was sometimes accompanied by non-Jewish melodies, sometimes by religious melodies, and … But these rhymes hardly imply the principles of the Jewish faith, and not even one of the 613 Mitzvas that the … In fact, the question of the Yiddish folksong's identity comes up from the earliest remaining documentation …

… Introduction Jewish cantillation—the intoned reading of Torah, Haftarah, … I will provide a new perspective on musical features of Jewish cantillation in the Eastern Ashkdnazi tradition, a … A. 2000.  The Lord's Song in a Strange Land: Music and Identity in Contemporary Jewish Worship .  New York: Oxford …