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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 … like Hineni Heoni Mimaas (I Came Before or The Hazzan’s Prayer), Av Horahamim ( Father of Mercy), Mizmor L’Dovid …
Lazare Saminsky
… In 1908 he became a founding member of the Society for Jewish Folk Music , working as its first secretary. During … expedition in which he collected Biblical cantillations, prayer chants, melodies, and other sacred musical traditions … this office, he played a crucial role in the forming of new Jewish music to be performed in the Reform synagogues of …
Yosef Hadar
… languages and has even entered the repertoire of liturgical prayer melodies. Many synagogues use the melody to sing the piyut, 'Lecha Dodi' during the 'Kabalat Shabbat' prayer on Friday night, and the tune is widely used at … bride enters the canopy. The song is used in the Christian prayer as Hymn No. 15 in the Lutheranian Church in northern …
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 … a wealth of contemporary poetic meditations, music and prayers. The Jewish Book Club selected it as its Main …
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 … liturgical songs and contextualize them within the order of prayers for festivals and holidays according to the Roman …
Paul Ben-Haim
… for harpsichord solo and woodwinds; the second movement, Prayer , is for harp and strings; and the finale, Song of …
Nissan Spivak
… and Jacob Beimel . Spivak is considered as a genius in Jewish music, and many of his compositions became famous … Judaica; Nulman, Macy. Concise Encyclopedia of Jewish Music. See also ' Nissan Spivak' at the National … … Cantorate … Cantor … Educator … Education … Ashkenazi … Prayer … Improvisation … Nissan Spivak …
Haim Effendi
… Judeo-Spanish speaking Jews. The old traditional Ottoman Jewish community ruled by rabbinical authority was shattered … French), to liberal trends in Judaism (especially to Jewish nationalism or Zionism) and to subversive political … police officers found Haim Effendi covered with a talit (prayer shawl) and ready for the meal preceding the fast. …
Deborah Lynn "Debbie" Friedman
… Deborah Lynn Friedman was an American Jewish singer-songwriter, whose compositions played an … shifting the aesthetics of liturgical music in the liberal Jewish movements of North America. Friedman’s compositional … worshippers were seeking more accessible, communal modes of prayer. Friedman’s early compositions were designed to be …
Yinam Leef
… include classical music, jazz, and the unique mixture of Jewish prayers, the chant of the Moazzin and the Old City's church …