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

Tish-nigunim in the Post-vernacular Era This study aims to trace the unique…

… Windau and Sackenhausen, Latvia. My father was Schochet and Baal-t’filloh in the district. When I was less than six … of Courland in Latvia. My father was a schochet and baal-t’filloh in the district. I was born on 24th of Sivan … There was an oven to heat the room, a table, two primus stoves and an alcove for coal. There was a bed for Ima, a …

James Kaplan, Irving Berlin: New York Genius. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2019…

… to none other than the initiator of Hassidism Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov (Besht) is performed by the Rebbe of Boston, R. Levy …

… from Kings 1 18:26 where Elijah confronts the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel. There, he prayed to God during the …

The Jewish Music Research Centre mourns the recent passing of ethnomusicologist Avigdor…

… the frontier between Poland and Belarus (formerly Brest-Litovsk,Brisk De-Lita in Yiddish).  However, Geshuri’s life, … broadcast of a concert “in memory of the Besht [R. Israel Baal Shem Tov, the initiator of Hassidim],” published in the …