… kabbalist Rabbi Simeon Ibn Lavi (who was probably born in Spain) and “Va-amartem ko le-hai” composed by Rabbi Yosef …

Ehud Manor won the Israel Prize in 1998. As part of the reasons for the award, it was…

… among the descendants of the Jewish communities exiled from Spain to the lands of Islam are found in the distant past. … of communities that descended from Jews expelled from Spain who lived in various geographic areas, including those … musical principle among these communities exiled from Spain was the use of the Arabic-Turkish modal system ( maqam …

… cultural life, tragically bookended by the expulsion from Spain (1492) and the death-camps of the Nazis (1943). For … in their own languages.” 5 The Jews that were expelled from Spain and Portugal in 1492 carried their Judeo-Spanish …

  [1]The triple blessing, or the Priestly Blessing, is arguably the most…

This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT…

Pete Sokolow, a Brooklyn native, is a jazz and klezmer pianist and reed player whose…