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Avraham Soltes
… history and culture with its musical heritage and that of Judaism at large. He had an ecumenical passion for lyric and … major work on Jewish Music, Off the Willows: The Rebirth of Modern Jewish Music. board of the National Jewish Book Council from 1967 to 1972. His understanding of Judaism was an ecumenical one. He thought that awareness of …
Max Helfman
… that was both singable and emotionally complex, which was modern and original and yet rooted in traditional folk and … is most strongly felt on the religious music of Reform Judaism. He was also well known for socialist and … … Liturgical music … Synagogue music … Conservative Judaism … Labor … Zionism … America … American composers … …
Elio Piattelli
… with a very simple method that takes into account the modern Sephardi pronunciation of Hebrew practiced in Israel. … He also wrote compositions for various liturgical texts and modern Hebrew poetry. Already in 1937 he published, 'Enèyha … (Marietti, Genoa, 1990), Chiavi per l’ebraismo (“Keys to Judaism,” Marietti, Genoa 1998), and of the series Il ponte …
Haim Effendi
… community ruled by rabbinical authority was shattered by modernizing trends characterized by an exposure to Western … culture (most particularly French), to liberal trends in Judaism (especially to Jewish nationalism or Zionism) and to … least four languages: Judeo-Spanish; Turkish; Arabic; and modern Hebrew, along with his command of the religious …
Israel Goldfarb
… in his career was youth education, and connecting youth to Judaism. From 1920 to 1942, he worked as a teacher of … he put much effort in promoting the establishment of a modern cantorial school. The work of the Society made … the time. In order to bring the young generation closer to Judaism, Goldfarb worked to create songs adapted to …
Andre Hajdu
… his return to Paris, Hajdu gradually immersed himself in Judaism and started to observe Jewish religious practices. … instrumental works in which he followed the romantic and modern European tradition of “pure” music. Examples of this … was basically tonal, he was an outsider during the peak of modernism. In a way, his music prophesied what was going to …
Abraham Zvi Idelsohn
… (which number over 1,000) laid the foundation for the modern study of Jewish musicology. My Life: A Sketch by A.Z. … visited old-fashioned “Chadorim,” although there were many modern ones in Libau; my father wanted to implant within me … 1932. The Brotherhood ordered from me the “Ceremonies of Judaism,” and a these were put out in book form in 1929, a …
Boaz Tarsi
… Among his scholarly publications are contributions to “Modern Judaism,” “Asian Music,” “Indiana Theory Review,” “Musica Judaica,” “Conservative Judaism,” “Journal of Synagogue Music,” and “Music in …
Judith Kaplan Eisenstein
… musical activities were intimately connected to this modern movement of Judaism. Source: Encyclopedia Judaica. For a more detailed …
The Jewish Songster
… for public singing, which was asked for by the younger modern generation. This particular songster was prepared for … Israel A.E. … … 1918 … Folk songs … America … Conservative Judaism … Conservative … Modernity … American … Modern … Judaism … American cantors … …