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The medieval Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini and its Purim connections: New sources on its music
… of the Land of Israel (1882-1946) . … Not all traditional Jewish holiday songs have survived in their original … Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini, which used to be performed in Jewish communities on Purim, especially in Germany, is one … appears to have been copied. In his Talmudic notes of his studies in Mainz over 1818-1820, a student named Leib …
Avi Bar-Eitan
… and entrance examinations, and works as a researcher at the Jewish Music Research Center. Dr. Bar-Eitan is the head of the Institute of External Studies at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. He is …
A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… we can reconstruct with a certain degree of accuracy how Jewish liturgical practices evolved prior to the invention … century Ashkenazi Mahzor at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy in St. Petersburg D 101 (F … also attested in several medieval manuscripts of the Roman Jewish rite available at the IMHM catalogue. The persistence …
Haggai Ben-Shammai
… Judaeo-Arabic Bible exegesis and philosophy, history of Jewish communities in Islamic countries, and Islamic … of scholars working in the field of Judeao-Arabic studies. Ben-Shammai is Professor Emeritus of Arabic … for Judaeo-Arabic Studies (1997-2013); co-director of the Jewish Studies program at St. Petersburg State University …
Assaf Shelleg
… Assaf Shelleg (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) studies modern and contemporary musics with a particular … about Jews. Shelleg is the author of the award-winning book Jewish Contiguities and the Soundtrack of Israeli History … (2020-22), and is a music contributor for Haaretz. His book Jewish Music as Art Music is forthcoming with Cambridge …
Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
… Introduction Jewish cantillation—the intoned reading of Torah, Haftarah, … I will provide a new perspective on musical features of Jewish cantillation in the Eastern Ashkdnazi tradition, a … 2006, Tenzer and Roeder 2011, and the journal Analytical Studies of World Music ) and as scholars of Jewish music …
Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… library at the New York campus of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, was “Six Songs from the Jewish … “Mt. Meron tunes,” as they became called following the studies of this repertoire by Andre Hajdu and Yaacov Mazor. … Edwin Seroussi, the Joyce Z. Greenberg Professor of Jewish Studies, in the winter of 2016 at the Department of Music of …
David Berger
… of Chicago, Cantor Berger received a BA in Religious Studies with a focus in Jewish Studies from the University of Illinois … York to begin his graduate studies. He completed an MA in Jewish Philosophy in 2003 at the Jewish Theological Seminary …
On musical connections between Jews and the neighboring peoples of Eastern and Western Europe
… at Amherst. Program in Soviet and East European Studies).' … 1 … 33905 … Amherst, MA … International Area Studies Programs, University of Massachusetts at Amherst … no. 18 … … 1989 … Maks Gol'din … Jewish folk music in Europe … Klezmer music … Ashkenazi … …
Qad Zawajunī - Here I Was Wed
… of 'play song” or singing game commonly performed among the Jewish communities of central and southern Yemen. It is sung … h enna ceremony as part of the repertoire of Yemenite Jewish women singers. In Yemen, the separation of men and … Johanna. “Bridal Songs and Ceremonies from San’a.” In Studies in Biblical and Jewish Folklore , edited by R. …