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63. Singing, Singing
… 222). This Hebrew hymn, which is part of daily and Sabbath services for Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews alike, is included among the morning bakashot sung by Kerala Jewish women. The Malayalam song “Singing, …
Rabbi David Buzaglo
… exponentially in the collective memory of the Moroccan Jewish diaspora. [3] After receiving a traditional Jewish religious training, as was customary in the … the new state and would not become a burden for the social services. On the other hand, according to his own testimony, …
Ezra Barnea
… he enlisted in the IDF. After being released from the service, he became involved with the educational system, … for Religious Music, renamed “ Renanot – Institute for Jewish Music” in Jerusalem, an institution dedicated to the preservation of the Jewish musical heritage and its dissemination. He engaged in …
Yaakov Huri
… as rabbi. Huri belonged to the Zionist sector of the Jewish community. This sector, unlike the yeshivah students that were supported by the Jewish community, worked during the day for their … Beyond his work as cantor, the community sought Huri's services in other areas and over the years he received many …
Yossef (Yusuf) Zaarur
… As with most Baghdadi Jews, Zaarur attended synagogue services and traditional family celebrations from an early … This generational tension between well-to-do Baghdadi Jewish families and their youngsters who loved music and … musicians—still prevalent in early-twentieth century Iraqi Jewish society—as well the shifts in attitudes towards …
Aḥüt ghätano (Aḥot qetannah)
… Abraham Hazzan Gerondi (mid-13th century) opens the evening services of Rosh Hashanah (the New Year). Its presence in the Mountain Jewish repertoire is a testimony to the strong Sepharadi …
A cantor’s pledge in the High Holyday’s Provençal liturgy (Minhag Carpentras)
… The Jewish liturgy was never a sealed and unified corpus. Its … repetition of the ‘Amidah, the core set of prayers of every service. The need to provide the prayer leader with a … tunes differ to a great extent from those of all other Jewish communities. They contain elements of original Jewish …
Haim Louk
… at Em Habanim school in Casablanca, which integrated Jewish religious studies with general education, including … The curriculum encompassed Talmudic studies, piyyutim (Jewish liturgical poetry), traditional chanting of Psalms, … Tangier, receiving his first remuneration for his cantorial services. After a year, he was appointed by Rabbi Aharon …
The Music on Comtat-Venaissin
… very short-lived journal initiated by the World Center for Jewish Music in Palestine. Milhaud, who was a close … religion and there were cases of Gauls becoming Jewish converts. These Jews remained in Provence and … Cremieux. Aix was the last citadel of the Comtadin liturgy. Service is no longer held in the synagogues of Carpentras …
Jacob Ben-Ami
… and Hirshbein's Faraway Corner . From 1919 to 1920, the Jewish Art Theatre was founded under Ben-Ami's leadership … 9, 1943, Ben-Ami starred in We Will Never Die , a memorial service at Madison Square Garden for the Jews murdered by … Anna. "J acob Ben‐Ami, Actor, Dies at 86; A Founder of Jewish Art Theater ." The New York Times , July 23, 1977. …