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Akiva Zimmermann
… and essays are prayer melodies and piyyutim , cantors, history of hazzanut , hazzanut in halakhic literature, and … in literature and the press and a great scholar of all Jewish and Israeli beings. He knew many of Israel's leaders … personally, particularly regarding their relationship to Jewish tradition and beliefs. Zimmerman had an immense …
Amnon Netzer
… was a leading authority on Iranian history and culture as well as Persian and Judeo-Persian … biography can be viewed at Amnon Netzer Center For Iranian Jewish History And Heritage' s website. Autobiography by Amnon …
Meir Shimon Geshuri
… 19, 1897 - December 9, 1977) was an Israeli researcher of Jewish music with emphasis on the study of Hassidic music … as a scholar is still a major gap in the historiography of Jewish music. Born in Myslowitz, Upper Silesia, then part of … of articles titled “Lekorot haniggun hahassidi” (“Towards a history of the Hassidic niggun” 1930-1937) and produced, as …
Samuel Naumbourg
… introduction, giving an unprecedented overview of the history of religious Jewish music. Another of Naumbourg’s important contributions … … Composer, Synagogue singer, Musicologist, French Jewish reformer of synagogue music & choirmaster … Hazan, …
Joseph Shlisky
… the British capital. At the turn of the 20th century, the Jewish community in Toronto grew, synagogues flourished, and … in the heart of The Ward, the city’s bustling, growing Jewish district. As a soloist in the cantor’s choir, Shlisky … which dramatized important events in Biblical and Jewish history followed by cantorial performances. Shlisky brought …
Mordekhai Zeira
… and through his sister's playing. He was also exposed to Jewish melodies, while accompanying his father to the … . Many of their songs played a documentary role in the history of the Hebrew settlement in Israel. In an interview, … In his songs, Zeira transmits a vast narrative of the [Jewish] people in Israel: Lemoladeti , Havo Lebanim , 'Al …
Neil Levin
… and academic life to the scholarly study of the music of Jewish experience from historical, musicological, … lectured, written, and taught courses on a diverse array of Jewish and Judaically related musical subjects spanning a … in New York since 1982, he teaches graduate courses on the history, development, and repertoire of synagogue music, …
Issachar Miron-Michrovsky
… the first Nazi death camp of the “final solution of the Jewish question.” Their holy remains were buried in the … most horrible crime of crimes. After his discharge from the Jewish Brigade of the British Army, where Issachar Miron … the country before the largest American Jewish audiences in history. In the 60s he became the Music Director of …
Elio Piattelli
… from the oral traditions of the various rites of the Roman Jewish community as well as original compositions for … of the oral traditions of cantors from the various Italian Jewish rites and traditions. Piattelli transcribed not only … translation but an original work of mine” (source: Germanic History [in Latin, Monumenta Germaniae Historica ]), written …
Nahum Heiman
… life in this country. It is the mirror of time, spirit and history of our life as human beings and the life of the … subscribed to the Academy of Cinema. There he worked in the Jewish Agency. After a few years, Heiman met with a Swiss …