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Society for Jewish Folk Music
… Borodin and Moussorgsky – was introduced to the Russian Jewish composer and music critic Joel Engel . Stasov … like lightning… this was the memorable night when Jewish art music was born.” From that moment, Engel dedicated his life to transcribing, arranging, and promoting the musical …
Almonds and Raisins
… films deal with issues that arose with the eastern European Jewish immigrants who arrived in New York in the millions at … could not, and a romanticization of the abandoned Shtetl life. Furthermore, many of these hundreds of films were … emphasis to the meeting point of cinema with music and Jewish traditions as can be found in this genre. Some …
Priestly Blessing- Birkat Kohanim
… the four days of fast, and thrice on Yom Kippur. All of the Jewish communities in Israel, both Sephardic and Ashkenazi, … Blessing in the Ashkenazi Tradition While all of the Jewish communities, from Yemen to Lithuania, developed … grant unto us and unto your people, the house of Israel, life and blessing to safeguard peace). The priests remain …
Bernstein Remembered
… by the Hebrew University looks back on Leonard Bernstein's life, career, and his connections to Judaism and to the … the state and continued to support them for the rest of his life. The film also features him conducting Mahler's 2nd … after the 1967 war. Written by Eliahu Adelman ©Jewish Music Research Centre, 2013 … 9 … … Hatikva (The …
Brakha Tzefira
… or Sephardic melodies that they liked. Later on in her life, Brakha employed this technique of text replacement … Tzefira knew from her childhood including Sephardic songs, Jewish songs from Yemen, Persia, and Bukhara, as well as … continued collecting songs and melodies from oriental Jewish communities, Bedouins, and Arabs, which were then …
Aharon Amram
… teachers, while also learning Math, History and Hebrew in a Jewish school. In 1950, as part of 'Operation Magic Carpet' … hits and are considered today to be authentic sources of Jewish Yemenite singing in Israel. The most famous of these … the Yemenite musical tradition. Sources: Aharon Amram- Life Work of Preserving the Heritage of Yemenite Jewry - …
Karaite Jews Musical Tradition
… of the performance of texts within the various yearly and life-cycle ceremonies. In some cases, certain pieces are … melody to the same text is performed by Avraham Kanai, a Jewish Karaite from Kazakhstan. The third melody originated … 'The Role of Music in the Renewed Self Identity of Karaite Jewish Refuge Communities from Cairo.' Traditional Music 22 …
Edge of the West
… long film documents the different traditions and day to day life of the Jews of Morocco. The second third of the film … Complete film on Youtube, courtesy of the Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive Virtual Cinema : … 9 … … Hina … Rosh …
HaNazir HaYerushalmi
… (The Jerusalem Nazirite). Rabbi Cohen dedicated his life to the ways of the Nazirite, he did not cut his hair, … drink wine, or eat meat. Besides his extensive knowledge in Jewish writings, he also held a PhD in Western philosophy, …
Image Before My Eyes
… the holocaust. It tells of the intellectual and cultural life of the Jews in the Shtetl and in the cities. Throughout … war as well as a song about the prison camp Jablonna where Jewish Polish soldiers who were accused of treason on the Russian front were sent. … 9 … YIVO Institute for Jewish Research … … 1981 … Yiddish songs … Jewish History … …