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Debbie Friedman’s Shema’ Koleinu: An ancient prayer in a new musical garment
… role in dramatically shifting the aesthetics of liturgical music in the liberal Jewish movements of North America. … was released in 1993. Right around that time, two animated films from the Disney Studios were also released: Aladdin (1992) and The Lion King (1994). These films were milestones in the history of popular music in …
A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… of the opening stanza, is the refrain (the same words and music are repeated) and x, the last line of the rest of the … Thanks to the superb catalogue of the Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts (hereby: IMHM) at the National … Shofet kol ha’aretz.” This is the earliest mention of the music of our poem, and obviously it indicates that in the …
Haynt Iz Purim, Brider
… Di beyde Kunilemel [4] in the award winning 1966 Israeli film Shnei Kuni Lemel , starring Mike Burstyn and directed by Israel Beker. The film originates in the Hebrew staging of Shenei Kuni Lemel … Shimon Cohen composed the original soundtrack for the 1966 film, which eventually found itself back on the stage as a …
Vemen vestu zingen, vemen? Leibu Levin Performs in Yiddish
… in southwestern Ukraine). This new production of the Jewish Music Research Centre prepared around the centennial of Levin’s birth is a partial fulfilment of Lifshitz’s wish. This CD is based on the … about the poets. You can also find this album on Apple Music , or download MP3s on Amazon . … 7 … 38846 … 1 CD + …
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… legislative design. Because of the “folk” origins of its music and the re-writing of Naftali Herz Imber’s poem … It reappeared as recently as 2007 in an Israeli documentary film directed by Reuven Hecker and titled precisely Lekh leshalom geshem . The film cleverly focuses on the Sephardic tune as the most …
Chasidic in America
… in North and South America, and in the 1937 Yiddish film The Cantor’s Son (Dem Khazns Zundyl) . O ne of the most successful American Yiddish films, The Cantor's Son was directed by Sidney Goldin (who … Olshanetsky , the composer who is credited with the music of The Cantor’s Son . This virtuosic, wordless song …
Yippee
… Directed by Paul Mazursky Yippee is a documentary film directed by and starring American actor and director Paul Mazursky. In this film, for reasons which he cannot explain, Mazursky decides … fallback of the film is the lack of documentation of the music and prayers which accompany the festive holiday. In …
Yiddish Theater: A Love Story
… Directed by Dan Katzir This film tells a dual tale. The first is of Zypora Spaisman, who … the 21st century and the hardships which that entailed. The film, shot over the last eight days of the year 2000, … Spaisman herself, Shifra Lerer who discusses and plays music of hers and her husband, Ben Zion Vitler, who helped …
Yiddish – The Mame Loshn (Yiddish - the Mother Tongue)
… its numbers have steeply decreased. This emmy-award winning film interviews American Yiddish speakers including actors … Different aspects of the culture are discussed such as film, poetry and music. There are a few scenes in the film where …
Wild Man Blues
… Directed by Barbara Kopple In this documentary film director Barbara Kopple follows Woody Allen on a rare … jazz band. One could raise the question whether this film is relevant to Jewish music or not. Its relevance can be found by looking over the …