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Shmendrik
… Romanian comedy Vluadutsu Mamu, and influenced by several early Russian comedies such as Denis Fonvizin’s … of a Jewish mother of good socioeconomic standing, desperate to marry her foolish son Shmendrik to Rivke, a … and Rivke's union, Goldfaden displays his penchant towards modern or maskilic (Jewish enlightenment) values. Shmendrik …
Judeo-Caribbean Currents
… in the history of this community. In telling this story, several conflicting memories converge into a multilayered … sources, attesting to the major impact that the process of modernization had on the music of the two nominally … organ, for voice and piano. Some pieces are reproduced literally in accordance to the original, but judicious editing …
Assessing Abraham Zvi Idelsohn’s Legacy
… of Zionism Where did Zionist aesthetics come from? For several decades now, this deceptively simple question has … and the formation of Israeli culture. Scholars of Hebrew literature have focused particular attention on the role of … and European models in the aesthetic development of modern Hebrew culture. This paper proposes to explore what …
Ashkenazic and Italian Liturgy
… to the Italian minhag. This minhag was followed by several communities in the Peninsula, including Rome, … of liturgical minhag as a dynamic area of cultural interaction. Ruth HaCohen, Department of Musicology, Hebrew … foreign “harmonic” elements to cantorial music since early modern times, as manifest in Chazzanim’s notebooks and other …
Contemporary American Jewish Music
… the various creative and aesthetic choices made by several generations of musicians as they attempt to push the … “Yeshivish” or Centrist community and Blue Fringe from the Modern Orthodox Community. This new form of music in the … are intertwined displaying the complexities and nuances of modernity. 5.8.09 … 15 … 34736 … … 2009 … Contemporary …
Bloch: Known and Unknown
… of one’s tradition. If this paradox was crucial to Bloch’s ‘modernity’, was he aware of it and was it shared by critics … this dilemma of Bloch reception and interpretation in the Modernist and Post-Modern eras with particular reference to his Jewish works. I also …
Between Israeli and Jewish in Music
… the Israeli Religious Authorities, whereas the younger generation receives a normative Jewish education in religious … the Jewish Ethiopian liturgy is still alive in modern-day Israel, as expressed in the construction of large … to introduce an alternative between the Ancients and the Moderns, by maintaining some old practices – such as …
The Beta Israel Liturgical Music in Israel Today: Between Tradition, Norm and Creativity
… the Israeli Religious Authorities, whereas the younger generation receives a normative Jewish education in religious … the Jewish Ethiopian liturgy is still alive in modern-day Israel, as expressed in the construction of large … to introduce an alternative between the Ancients and the Moderns, by maintaining some old practices – such as …
In Which Direction Do Hebrews Play Music?: Abraham Zvi Idelsohn and the Musical Aesthetics of Zionism
… Of Jewish Studies Jerusalem Special panel (Plenary of Literatures, Languages and Arts Section) In collaboration with … Summary: Where did Zionist aesthetics come from? For several decades now, this deceptively simple question has … and European models in the aesthetic development of Modern Hebrew culture. This paper proposes to explore what …
The Jewish Songster
… for public singing, which was asked for by the younger modern generation. This particular songster was prepared for use in … songs … America … Conservative Judaism … Conservative … Modernity … American … Modern … Judaism … American cantors … …