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Barbara C. Johnson
… is an anthropologist and formerly served as coordinator of Jewish Studies at Ithaca College in New York. She has … song traditions of Cochin Jewish women. Her forthcoming book on Kerala Jewish women’s culture in India and Israel is … An Indian Jewish Woman Remembers , co-authored with Ruby Daniel (1995), and Oh, Lovely Parrot!: Jewish Women’s Songs …
73. Singing, Singing [Zionist version]
… 1. Singing, singing, all together, in the holy Presence of God! As we’re singing hymns of praise, so our hearts are … The text of this Zionist song appears in three notebooks, all from Parur. Ruby Daniel from Kochi may have been mistaken in attributing it …
72. The Hope in the Jewish Heart
… Through the ages it beckons the mind. (x2) 3. Our hope of returning to the land, The land of our ancestors’ birth— … by Eliyahu Japheth (1850–1935), the grandfather of Ruby Daniel and of her sister Rahel Kala, who recorded it in 2001 … daughter, Venus Lane. The song is found in only one notebook (S-9) and may not have been widely known outside the …
70. Our Country
… Miriam Daniel, Rahel Nehemia, Toba Sofer, Simcha Yosef. Recorded by Avigdor Herzog Moshav Taoz, … songs of the 1950s. The text is found in just four notebooks, one from Kadavumbhagam-Kochi and three from Parur. In …
68. Creator Who Gave Discernment
… Rahel Nehemiah, Toba Sofer and others. Recorded by Avigdor Herzog, Moshav Taoz, … of a life that is “lived without going astray.” Though Ruby Daniel interpreted the image of leaving home as that of Jews … “sinners burning in hell.” This song is found mostly in notebooks from Kadavumbhagam-Kochi, and two of those notebooks …
67. The Coolness of Shabbat
… makaně ippoḷ viḍukayuṃ veņa 1. O Yah the Strongest of the strong, Your redemption we await. Release the son of … and steadfastness. Appearing only in two Paradesi notebooks, the song was recorded in 2006 by Rahel Kala, Ruby Daniel’s younger sister, singing from their aunt Dolly …
66. Shining in the Darkness
… try to push me from my place, (x2) Protect me then, I ask of you, Tamburanĕ (x2) [Chorus] 5. In the feast of … O Tamburanĕ (x2) [Chorus] This song is found in eight notebooks from Kadavumbhagam and Tekkumbhagam in Kochi, as well as Parur and Chendamangalam. Both Ruby Daniel and Scaria Zacharia found a number of the lines …
59. The Document Box
… ādhārappěṭṭi, Tānĕ tānĕ aḻiccu tuṟannūtě (x2) 1.The box of documents, (x2) Tānĕ tānĕ, it was opened and untied. (x2) … story in this song echoes events in chapters 2 and 6 of the book of Esther, referring to the discovery by King … found in notebooks from Kochi, Ernakulam and Parur. Ruby Daniel identified this rousing popular song as a composition …
58. Ahashverosh Song
… all he had, throwing all his wealth away, And when all of it was gone, who was left to ask for more? Not one … scenes, this song conveys key events in the biblical book of Esther, chapters 4–8. It also incorporates elements … letters were etched with a metal stylus. [2] Cencela. Ruby Daniel offered a possible translation of this word …
57. In the India Kingdom
… If asking, you were told: “He’s really, really rich!” Of six hundred copper pots, eighty pots were filled With … Purim songs, this first one is found in only three notebooks, all from Kochi-Paradesi. Ruby Daniel remembered it as the first Malayalam song she learned …