… The Jewish Music Research Centre of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem mourns the passing of Moroccan Jewish folk singer Alicia (Benassayag) Bendayan on Friday, … in countless publications pertaining to the songs, stories, customs, and rituals of the Jews of Tetuan, such as …

… songs into Hebrew and Yiddish, and performed the music of Jewish composers such as Engel , Saminsky , and Milner . Due … The repertoire of their shows included operatic arias and Jewish songs, mainly sung by Moshe. In 1925, the couple left …

… is in the minor mode and it most likely originated in the Jewish communities of Germany where it is known with some …

A girdle poem in honor of the Sabbath, by Seʼadia, signed Se'adia. This is one of the…

… in Italy, who followed a variety of liturgical minhagim (customs) based on the heritage of the Italian, Ashkenazi and … also presents a feature that is altogether unique in the Jewish world, since the melodic rendition of the t’amim is … on the system of Ashkenazi liturgical music. Boaz Tarsi, Jewish Theological Seminary of America The primary issues – …

… Rabbi Micha Assis  …   As the High Holidays approach, the Jewish Music Research Centre dedicates the Song of the Month … 18th ICTM Colloquium “Musical Exodus: Al-Andalus and its Jewish Diasporas” held at the Corpus Christi College in … practice was already established in Talmudic times. Each Jewish community developed a specific mode of Selihot and …

… II]. Gilernt 1954, p. 387 .  “After the khupe, according to Jewish custom, they led the joyful couple together on a full …

… ancient tribes of Israel but in certain times also among Jewish Poland, Lithuania, and Ukraine... ‘The klezmorim …

… the article “ Liturgy: An Overlooked Space in the Moroccan Jewish Musical Map .” This extract is accompanied by the … analyzed in detail in that article. Research of Moroccan Jewish religious music has been largely, if not exclusively, … in research as well as in the public projection of Moroccan Jewish music in Israel and international festivals. The …

… invention. Since the Mishna era, rabbis and other leading Jewish figures used to give a Torah sermon during the feast, … and holiness that was absent from the feasts of Jewish sages in previous generations.  This dimension stems … of note is the singing of texts taken from Rosh Hashana (Jewish New Year) prayer during the Tish of Tu-Bishvat, …