… Dr. Barbara C. Johnson, Emerita Professor of Anthropology, is retired from … culture of Kerala, South India and Israel, including the women’s oral song traditions. Her forthcoming book Splendid … and analyses of their Malayalam-language women’s songs. Her earlier publications include  Ruby of Cochin: An …

… Rahel Nehemia, Toba Sofer, and others. Recorded by Avigdor Herzog, Moshav Taoz, … Tambiran. This is the older of two Malayalam devotional songs that are versions of the rhymed Hebrew liturgical hymn … in the 1981 Hanukkah video recording by Kadavumbhagam-Kochi women in Moshav Taoz. It was the first song they sang in …

… The introduction to songs 54-55 is  available here . Sarah Cohen, Rachel … was not accepted, not by Mordecai. In protest many people—women and children too—  Lay flat on the ground in prayer …

… 53a. Sarah Cohen, Simcha Salem, Rachel Hallegua. Recorded by … Joseph Hai. Kochi, January 9, 1977; III-23. 53c. Kerala women. Recorded by ethnomusicology students from Bar-Ilan … Singing Birds: Biblical narratives … 1467 … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … Barbara C. …

… 43. Rahel Nehemiah, Toba Sofer and others. Recorded by Avigdor Herzog, Moshav Taoz, … and be blessed.  The Song of Mother Sarah is found in women’s notebooks from Kadavumbhagam-Kochi, Ernakulam, and … Singing Birds: Biblical narratives … 1467 … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … Avigdor …

… 41a. Nirit Singers (entire group) on their CD, track 1, 2008; III-1. 41b. Kadavumbhagam-Kochi women, Moshav Taoz, 1981. Śelomo melehu pāḍiya pāṭṭu, … pāṭṭukaḷ pāttil, stutipěṭṭa pāṭṭu itŏnnu      1. Of the ten songs sung by Shelomo Melehu, [1]  this is most worthy of …

… Sarah Cohen. Recorded by Barbara Johnson, Kochi, January … may the Holy House be built.   (x2) There we must go, and songs must be heard.   (x2) 11. Be blessed, be blessed, be … comment on spiritual love between the soul and God—several women singers view it in more secular terms, making it …

… 37a. Hannah (Dolly) Japheth. Recorded by Barbara Johnson, Neot Mordekhai, March 10, 1981; II-28. 37b. Rahel Kala … made of ground rice flour. The piyyut is one of many Hebrew songs designated to be sung for processions with the Torah … 1981 by Ruby Daniel’s aunt, Dolly Japheth. It is found in women’s notebooks from Parur, Ernakulam, and Kochi …

… Rahel Kala, Venus Lane, Hannah Yitzhak, Simcha Yosef. Recorded at NSA … by his side?     Nalla! Traditionally performed at a Jewish women's party the night before a wedding (Daniel and Johnson … and themes shared between Jewish and Knanaya Christian songs are pointed out elsewhere in this book (songs 2 , 17 , …

… Miriam Daniel, Rahel Nehemia, Toba Sofer, Simcha Yosef. Recorded by Avigdor Herzog, Moshav … down; Let us bow down in our Jutapaḷḷi. This is one of many songs traditionally sung the night before a wedding, at a women’s party, where the bride is adorned in her wedding …

… Simcha Yosef, Hannah Yitzhak. Recorded at NSA studio, August … This descriptive tribute is sung to the bride at a special women’s party on the Shabbat preceding her wedding and also … community. … 52 … 40 … 7 … 44254 … Splendid Singing Birds: Songs of Origin and Community Identity … 1467 … Cochin … …

… Miriam Eliyahu. Recorded by Shirley Isenberg and Edith Gerson-Kiwi, Moshav Mesillat … This song in honor of a bridegroom is found in eight women’s notebooks, from Parur, Ernakulam, and … … Moshav Mesillat Tzion. Israel … Splendid Singing Birds: Songs for Special Occasions … Gerson-Kiwi; Kivi … 1467 … …