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Eliezer Goldberg, alias Leyzerke Kremenitser
… niggunim. At the same time, his compositions also show features akin to the surrounding non-Jewish musical …
55. David and the Spider
… mother as an example of many Malayalam Jewish songs that feature strong female characters from the Bible. Ophira …
44. Joseph the Righteous
… sense” (2009, 314). Certainly, Joseph’s inner turmoil is a featured element in this song “Joseph the Righteous.” …
30. O Proud Singing Bird!
… social division on one long street in Jewtown Mattancherry (featured in song 12 ). This division was bridged to some …
23. Happiness to the Bridegroom
… communities from which notebooks were collected. The song features four of the different Malayalam Jewish names for …
18. Our Food
… ” or festival days) in the same sense that coolness is a feature of Shabbat in song 66 (“The Coolness of Shabbbat”). …
8. Kadavumbhagam—Kochi Synagogue Song
… the Torah was read from a second tebah—an architectural feature unique to Kerala synagogues. Ruby Daniel and I …
6. Parur Synagogue Song
… the vase-shaped ornament once found on top of the roof were features traditionally associated with royal buildings and …
4. Song of Moshe Mutaliyar
… song straddles genres, combining an origin narrative with features of a typical paḷḷi song, but the origin story is …
3. Song of the Second Temple’s Destruction (Leaving Kodungallur)
… as in several other Kerala Jewish songs. A dramatic feature of the origin story in this song is the appearance …