… of the Ninth of Av. This melody is used in Amsterdam and New York City. … The Western Sephardi Liturgical Tradition …

… his studies with Herman Spielter and Joseph Achron in New York. In 1918, he was appointed cantor of Congregation … and later became cantor at Congregation Beth Elohim in New York. He finally settled in as cantor at Congregation Beth Mordecai of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, where he officiated from 1927 until his retirement …

… contemporary literary and musical taste has engendered new songs. These new songs about Hanukkah represent the individual … forms. His influence on American music is incalculable, as new generations of musicians continue to adapt and be …

… who recorded Jewish immigrants which arrived to the new State of Israel. In these verses, the poet laments the …

… Sing while they are there at the turning. Sing out the news to the Portuguese, The ones who go forth into the …

“Call and response,” “responsive,” or “responsorial” is a singing performance style in…

… Yiddish, Abraham Goldfaden has died. And while all Jewish newspapers and even some non-Jewish newspapers reported, after the disappearance of the … For this reason, they believed in what they saw and knew --[about] the superficial and the ludicrous in this …

A unique genre in the Sephardic Jews musical tradition. A narrative poem, a ballad,…

… on ancient literary motifs. Each strophe introduces a new simile describing each part of the bride’s body and then …

… ending of the melody in the middle of verse 4 and in its new beginning on the second half of the same verse. The …