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Herman Svet
… Berlin, which in those years was a city of refuge for many Jewish intellectuals who were fleeing Soviet Russia. Svet … Hitler came to power (1933). His articles were published in Jewish newspapers and periodicals in Yiddish, Russian, … review) in Berlin; Moment in Warsaw; Idishe shtime (Jewish voice) in Kovno; Frimorgn (Morning) and Sevodnya …
Obadiah the Proselyte
… settling in Egypt and becoming a member of the thriving Jewish community situated there, where he wrote his memoirs. … contain the earliest surviving manuscript source of Jewish music notation of synagogue chant. Sources: …
Ray Musiker
… As a child, Ray learned to play Klezmer dance music at Jewish weddings. His parents immigrants to America from … his parents, Ray inhererited a love of Eastern European Jewish music from Russia, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria and … recordings, including an appearance on the Terry Gibbs Jewish Swing album. In 1992, Ray accepted a music award in …
Shmuel Zanvel Pipe
… became an enthusiastic collector for the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in Vilna, submitting Yiddish folktales … mature and dispassionate scholars of East European Jewish studies. In 1930 he was among the collectors who …
Joseph Papernikoff
… which saw modern Yiddish literature as a central part of Jewish identity. Papernikoff was active in the cultural life …
Mathew Miller (Matisyahu)
… Matisyahu is known for his unusual combination of Orthodox Jewish belief and popular music. For further reading about … songwriter … Singer … Songwriter … Hassidic … Orthodox … Jewish … Reggae … Pop … Rap … Mathew Miller (Matisyahu) …
Yaakov ben Moshe Levi Moelin (Maharil)
… 'Bi'urim' to Yoreh De'ah, is extant in manuscript. Source: Jewish Encyclopedia. … Rabbi and teacher of Mayence, cantor …
Edwin Seroussi
… (2004-2008; 2014-2016; 2019-2020), was Director of the Jewish Music Research Centre from 2000 to 2023, and … the Mediterranean and the Middle East, interactions between Jewish and Islamic cultures (specifically in art music … such as the Ottoman Empire, and the constitution of Jewish identities through music making in settings as …
Yehiel 'Adaki
… of Palestine) house. In Palestine, 'Adaki discovered that Jewish Yemenite singing is looked down upon, even by … portion), performed with his choir, and lectured about the Jewish Yemenite folklore. Additionally, 'Adaki worked with … to the distribution and conservation of the tradition of Jewish Yemenite singing. Even though his name is almost …
Israel Adler
… Institut de Musicologie at the Sorbonne where he combined Jewish and musical studies. During his thirteen-year sojourn … on the diffusion of art music in certain Western European Jewish communities prior to the 19th century, published a … previous paradigms in the study of music of early modern Jewish communities. In 1963, Adler returned to Israel when …