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79. The Flag of Israel
… Kerala of Jewish flag-raising celebrations for both Israeli Independence Day and Indian Independence Day. As identified by members of the Nirit …
75. It Is Dawning
… Recorded at NSA studio, June 9, 2002. CD Track 39; I-33. Udayamāy, udayamāy (x1) Eṟěnāḷ kŏticu nāṃ japica … for so long. (x2) Spreading out its golden beauty, independence came. (x2) With bravery the freedom of … from Malayalam songs of the “freedom struggle” for Indian independence, both in its melody and its vocabulary (e.g. …
74. The Fifth of Iyar
… Nāṃ āghoṣaṃ kŏṇḍāḍaṇa 1. Counting, counting, count the days; The Fifth of Iyar has arrived! With dancing and … for Israel in 1954, Kerala Jews celebrated Israeli Independence Day with music and flag-raisings on the fifth … Mandate over Palestine ended and Israel declared its own independence. According to Rivka Yehoshua, the words to this …
69. So It Is Proclaimed and Declared!
… will change, as it happens in springtime. Sunlight by day will brighten the earth, and the moon by night. … to be the prophet Elijah—who announces the messianic end of days (Isaiah 52:7). It is also the repeating chorus attached … ideals that were current in Kerala leading up to Indian Independence in 1947. Stanzas 3 and 4 echo the …
Rabbi David Buzaglo
… website. A musical and rabbinical prodigy since his early days, Rabbi Buzaglo was born in 1901 or 1903 (no records … he allowed them to be performed on the Sabbath and on holidays when musical instruments were not allowed to be played. … a Russian melody that marks a key event in the 1948 War of Independence. Guri’s poem memorializes the heroism of those …
39. Udayamay, Udayamay (It Is Dawning)
… song from the early 1950s clebrating the dawning of Israeli independence. Its tune is typical of Kerala political slogans still chanted today in rallies or while matching in the street, probably reflecting the influence of songs from the Indian Independence movement and subsequent political campaigns in …
Yaakov Huri
… were supported by the Jewish community, worked during the day for their livelihood, and when they finished their work, … and Sima Huri, Jerusalem, 1940 During the 1948 War of Independence Huri volunteered at a hospital. With the … of a dynasty of leading cantors still active in Israel today. In addition, Huri began studying Kabbalah in Jerusalem …
38. Ĕṇṇi Ĕṇṇi Tiṟttu Dinam (The Fifth of Iyyar)
… Zionist song celebrating the declaration of Israeli independence on the fifth day of the Hebrew month of Iyyar May 14 1948 when the … the Mandate. It praises the Jewish youth who "took up" the independence which was handed over by "the brutal …
Jewish Music Collections at the Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine in Kyiv
… around the globe and the Kyiv collection continue to this day, three decades after it started. The Jewish Music … visited the Jewish National and University Library (JNUL [today the National Library of Israel]) in Jerusalem. As the … and institutions with the Kyiv collection following the independence of Ukraine in 1991, much has happened. The …
Yom Yom Odeh: Towards the Biography of a Hebrew Baidaphon Record
… Hebrew para-liturgical hymn called “ Yom Yom Odeh ” (Every day I am grateful), which was released in the early 1920s by … focus on the record’s contemporary social interpretation. Today, the famous record is carefully stored in the shelves of … in the context of the region’s struggle for national independence and which, contrary to terms such as ṭarab or …