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Rabbi David Buzaglo
… is an opportunity to revive his biography in our website. A musical and rabbinical prodigy since his early days, Rabbi … learned from a famous scene of the very popular American film Waterloo Bridge (1940) that was distributed in French … dance to the tune of “Auld Lang Syne .” This romantic film about separation and tragedy caused by war enjoyed a …
Ezra Barnea
… Above all Barnea was an educator, but also a synagogue musician, paytan and cantor, an expert on the Jerusalem … rabbi's estate were published by Barnea’s committee, and films about the Rabbi’s life were produced. One of these films was produced by Yitzhak Recanati, a long-time partner …
Sara Levi-Tanai
… she worked as a teacher and kindergarten instructor, using music and dance to educate children and pass on Yemeni … innovative teaching materials, including original songs and music, gained significant recognition and have been used by … Levi-Tanai also composed music for theater productions and films, collaborating with well-known artists such as Nahum …
Léibele Schwartz
… on March 22, 1928 as Yehudah Leib Kirzner. He began his music studies as a child with his father, Yaakov, who was a … Sephardic traditions (see Discography below ). In 1986 he filmed a medium-length film “Léibele Schwartz sings to his roots” at the Burzaco …
A Recovered Voice from the Past
… in the Jewish past. A case in point is the scholar and musician Avraham Zvi Idelsohn, the founding father of modern Jewish musical research. Idelsohn’s life traversed several … the nature of that “performance.” The few seconds of film footage and photos of this event that have survived do …
Moshe Havusha
… traditions are based on both Syrian (“Halabi”) and Egyptian musical styles. Today, Havusha, who still lives in the Beit Israel neighborhood, is a popular hazzan , payytan , musician, and singer, with a large following across … See also a documentary film about the life of Moshe Havusha (in Hebrew). … Paytan …
Mark Slobin
… Mark Slobin is the Winslow-Kaplan Professor of Music Emeritus at Wesleyan University and the author or … on Afghanistan and Central Asia, eastern European Jewish music, film music, American music, and ethnomusicology theory, two …
Armand Sabah
… Israel with his family at age ten. His father came from a musical family related to the renowned Moroccan singer and composer Sami Elmagribi. The love of music in his household was evident through the constant … ensemble since 2002. Additionally, he appeared in the film Bab El Ward (The Flowers Gate), directed by Haim …
Pete Sokolow
… in the Catskills span older and newer generations of Jewish musicians. Sokolow has played with many major figures in … Sokolow has orchestrated numerous albums, musicals and films. His albums include Klezmer Plus , by the group … with Pete Sokolow: Peter Sokolow's Oral History , a filmed interview by Christa Whitney (Brooklyn, New York: …
Abraham Salman
… the Middle East. Blind from the age of two, he studied music as a child in Baghdad’s school for blind Jewish … repertoire arranged for qanun. He also composed music for films and participated in several genre-bending recordings. … maqam performed by Yaqub al-'Amari. A short excerpt of a film about Abraham Salman (in Hebrew). Saltana . A complete …