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Book Review: Joel E. Rubin, New York Klezmer in the Early Twentieth Century
Joel E. Rubin, New York Klezmer in the Early Twentieth Century: The Music of Naftule…
Society for Jewish Folk Music
Violins, Voice and Jews
In the spring of 1897, on the eve of the Russian Orthodox…
Yehiel 'Adaki
Yehiel 'Adaki was born in Manakhah in 1903[1] to Aharon and Margalit 'Adaki. The…
Ethiopian Jews in Israel - a Musical Ethnography
I spent the summer of 1989 living in a Nazareth Illit (today Nof HaGalil) neighborhood…
Isaac Eliyahu Navon
Isaac Eliyahu Navon was born in Adrianpole (today Edirne) on May 17, 1859. His father,…
1. Oh Lovely Parrot!
Sarah Cohen, Ruby S. Hallegua. Recorded by Barbara Johnson, Kochi, January 2, 1977…
Doyne (LKT)
This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT…
Bore ‘ad ana – A Dirge for the Ninth of Av and its Geographical Distribution
… variety of languages and styles, sacred and secular in Neo-Aramaic (the vernacular language of the Kurdish Jews), …