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God, Man and Devil

… Films … Yiddish songs … Joseph Seiden … Film … Eastern Europe … Yiddish Theater … Jacob Gordin … Supernatural … …

Karaite Jews Musical Tradition

… the spiritual center of the Karaites was balanced between Europe and the Near East. During the next few hundred years, … and Persia founded additional Karaite centers around Europe, while at the same time establishing their religious … th century. With the rise of oppressive regimes in Eastern Europe at the end of the 19 th century and first half of the …

Aharon Amram

… Amram joined Hapa'amonim dance group as a soloist for their European tour. They performed in countries such as Belgium, … by Ofra Haza, who recorded a version that became popular in Europe. Other songs of his include various piyutim, such as …

Brakha Tzefira

… as that of the Ashkenazi teachers who came from a Western European background, to the oriental melodies. Jehoash … began a series of concerts in Germany and other parts of Europe, and Tzefira left her acting career to dedicated … that these composers, who had broad musical education from Europe, felt the ideological pressure to create Hebrew, or …

Elohim Eshala

… the “Middle East,” underscores the composer's classical European upbringing in inter-war Warsaw as well as his … solo clarinet in the opening that recalls in fact Eastern European Jewish music. The attempt in the first section to … using the wide palette of techniques available to a modern European composer addressing folk materials: static …

Kedusha

… unique melody. However, in the Ashkenazi Nussach of Eastern Europe, for example, there is a tendency to perform the …

Priestly Blessing- Birkat Kohanim

… the Sabbath, holidays, and the High Holy Days. The central European Ashkenazim limited it to the Three Pilgrimage Festivities and the High Holy Days. The Eastern European communities took the limitations the furthest and … recites the response verses. Central and Western Europe The Ashkenazis of Central Europe used to adorn every …