… (“the Great”, 1867?-1943?), one of the first qanun players in Iraq. Zaarur al-Kabbir was a source of … Zaarur learned to play other instruments including the nay (Arab flute), violin, and cello. Family lore has it that … (qanun), Hussayn Abdullah (percussion), Yakub al-Imari (nay), Saleh al-Kuwaiti (violin) and Abraham Qazza (cello). …

Directed by Arnan Zafrir This hour long film documents the different traditions and…

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

The JMRC mourns the passing of Velvel Pasternak, scholar of Hassidic music and founder…

Asher Shimon Mizrahi was born in the old city of Jerusalem in 1890 to father Yitzhak…

1. Simcha Time 2. Mazeltov Dances 3. Grandma's Draidel 4. Keneh Hora 5. Mendel's…

This song for the dedication of a new Torah scroll prases the Torah which was accepted…

Directed by Edward B. Gerard. This film features Yom Kippur services at two synagogues,…

… a Brooklyn native, is a jazz and klezmer pianist and reed player whose klezmer roots in the Catskills span older and …

The earliest written version available of this hagiographic copla appears in a late…