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Representations of Jews in the Musical Theater of the Habsburg Empire (1788-1807)
… literature and theater has not identified any musical parallels to contemporary representations of Jews in … music. This music surfaces after the first positive Jewish characters began to appear on the German stage, … Jewish singers and musicians were even performing their traditional music on stages in Vienna and Budapest. Yet, as …
A Bookshelf On Top of the Sky: 12 Stories about John Zorn
… Directed by Claudia Heuermann. John Zorn is a Jewish American composer who has been active in the New York … art, surf music, and countless other styles and genres of musical expression. He often fuses these elements into one … is the meeting between jazz and different Jewish musical traditions such as Klezmer and Sephardic music. Zorn creates …
A Pintale Id
… Alan Ezequiel Jais This film is about a play about a Jewish Argentinean radio show and about the beginnings of … features both Yiddish songs and Tangos and Milongas, two traditional Argentinean musical styles. Many of the songs and themes of the play …
Almonds and Raisins
… films deal with issues that arose with the eastern European Jewish immigrants who arrived in New York in the millions at … life. Furthermore, many of these hundreds of films were musicals that prominently featured Yiddish music and Almonds … to the meeting point of cinema with music and Jewish traditions as can be found in this genre. Some significant …
Priestly Blessing- Birkat Kohanim
… is arguably the most impressive text within the Synagogue tradition. Sources of the Priestly Blessing- the Holy Temple … the four days of fast, and thrice on Yom Kippur. All of the Jewish communities in Israel, both Sephardic and Ashkenazi, … the words ' Yishar koa h .' The Simple Reading The musical capabilities of the priests are very diverse and …
Elohim Eshala
… this period (1958-1959). Elohim Eshala is the only really traditional Yemenite track in this record, the rest being … exoticism” that captivated at the time the American Jewish audience. It is clear that the voices of Shoshana … voice blends here with a non-Yemenite Arabic sound, a musical style brought to Israel by professional immigrant …
Brakha Tzefira
… His wife Hadassah, Brakha's beloved teacher, encouraged her musical talents, and proposed that Tzefira should sing … of Tzefira singing her songs, in that it helped expose the traditions of different ethnic groups to each other, … Tzefira knew from her childhood including Sephardic songs, Jewish songs from Yemen, Persia, and Bukhara, as well as …
Aharon Amram
… teachers, while also learning Math, History and Hebrew in a Jewish school. In 1950, as part of 'Operation Magic Carpet' … in Israel to revive, preserve, and continue the Yemenite tradition. Amram began performing at weddings in his town, … ). During the seventies, Amram continued with various musical activities. In 1972, together with Gorit Kadman, …
Karaite Jews Musical Tradition
… the Karaites have maintained the basic principles of their traditions. Over the course of these many centuries, … sect's central administration. The Karaite Legacy and its Musical Tradition The Karaite legacy, which was formed and … melody to the same text is performed by Avraham Kanai, a Jewish Karaite from Kazakhstan. The third melody originated …
Edge of the West
… by Arnan Zafrir This hour long film documents the different traditions and day to day life of the Jews of Morocco. The … second third of the film consists mostly of religious and musical traditions that range from Rosh Hashana prayers, the … Complete film on Youtube, courtesy of the Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive Virtual Cinema : … 9 … 34236 … … Hina …