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Communal singing

… * This entry is a summarized version of the full artice about communal singing, by Talila Eliram. To read the full article, see below. Communal singing (or public singing,) is … a day's work to sing communally. As the years passed, this musical activity reached the cities, and communal …

Was heisst “jüdische Musik”? Grundzüge eines Diskurses im 20. Jahrhundert.

… A programmatic article including a very valuable critique of most of definitions of Jewish music. It stresses the ambiguity of the concept of Jewish music as well as the racialized discourses related to it …

The Unfortunate Bride

… Directed by Maurice Schwartz This 1926 silent film was re-edited and had dialogue and music added to it in 1932. It's theme is similar to many … … Yiddish … Yiddish Films … Yiddish songs … Maurice Schwartz … USA … Cantor … Immigration … The Unfortunate Bride …

Israeli folksongs

… * This entry is a summarized version of the full artice about Israeli folksongs by Talila Eliram. To read the full article, see below. The genre of Israeli folksongs … The songs within the genre of Israeli Folksongs also share musical similarities. These include the fact that many are …

The Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam

… Jews settled in a neighborhood later known as the Jewish Quarter. By the early 17 th century, there were three Jewish … culture and history. Among the Jewish leaders were rabbis, artists, bankers, academics, intellectuals, and founders and … founders were the “Marranos and Anusim, who brought music with them from the Catholic church.” [1] He offers the …

Racheli Galay

… a cellist, educator, and researcher specializing in Jewish music and music education in Israel. She earned her doctoral degree in … Stutschewsky and is working on a book on Stutschewsky. Her article on Stutschewsky's Archive in Tel Aviv was published …