… now in Ukraine. He was the son of Mordechai [Markos] Feuer and of Rojme [Roshme] Pese, who died when Feuer was a child. … where his brother Isaac already lived. Feuer then contacted the hazzan Tzvi Wilner, with whom he studied while … of their secular music. This choir was part of the Hazomir Cultural Center and Baytelman became the president. This …

… an eminent scholar of music in the Islamic world and of the Jewish musical traditions within it. Warkov … country for over two decades. They had not only traversed cultural worlds, but had also suffered a deep loss of … understanding of the Iraqi tradition speaks volumes to the cultural intersections occurring between Iraqi-Jewish …

… four percent of the total Russian imperial population and stringent admissions quotas limited the total official … phenomenon, elevating it from a sociological pattern to a cultural myth. For the various contemporary explanations for … blossomed in Russia because Jews received a safe space or cultural haven at the St. Petersburg Conservatory and the …

… many centuries, liturgical chants within the synagogue and outside of it have served as an important feature of the … These two traditions went through a form of synthesis, as contact between the Eastern and Western communities became … be traced back to an ancient tradition of continuous contact between those who are leading the service and the …

… before) in Jewish communities throughout the Middle East and North Africa. At the center of the ceremony stands the … and include the ritual bath, the exhibition of the dowry, exchanges of presents between the families, and finally the … her eyes are full of love   Zohra El Fassia     The complex cultural, social and economic picture depicted in this poem …

… type of music unparalleled in the central-eastern European landscape: Hasidic tish-nigunim. Nigunim (Yiddish nign , from … distancing of post- Holocaust congregations from the cultural contexts in which Hasidic music originally emerged. … music of the other side, and, as a result, a steady musical exchange. The comparison between the nigunim attributed to …

… 55 … 57 … 41032 … Origins and Canonization of “Fog al-Nakhal” (فوق إلنا خل / فوق … in the repertoire of several Middle Eastern communities and nations. In the context of the Iraqi Maqam ( al-maqam … Tassa … Piyyut … Baghdadi … Fog al-Nakhal (فوق النخل): Multicultural and Transnational Journeys of an Iraqi Folksong … …

… Klezmer explores the symbiotic relationship between the Rom and Jews who lived together before and after World War Two … … World War II - 2nd World War - WW2 … Klezmer … Cult … Cultural contact and exchange … Documentary … Gypsy … Rom … Munkasc … …

… also known as La cantiga del fuego (The Song of the Fire) and, after its opening line, Día de Shabbat la tadre (On the … is essentially comprised of a few hundred vital years of cultural life, tragically bookended by the expulsion from … to the Great Fire, Saloniki stood as a major hub of Jewish cultural activity. Though some Jews had lived in …