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Forshpil (LKT)
This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT…
Israel Alter
Israel Alter was born in Lvov (then known as Lemberg, today Ukraine) into a Hasidic…
Yitzhak Aviezer
Former Music Director and Producer for Voice of Israel in Arabic, composer, and…
David Nowakowsky
David Nowakowsky was born in Malin, Russia near Kiev. Nowakowsky left home at an early…
32. La agonía del amante Rosa mia (CES)
The opening of this song, “Conğa mía conğa mía / chichek de mi cabeza” (“conğa” means “…
Else Lasker-Schüler
Else Lasker-Schüler was a German-Jewish poet and playwright famous for her bohemian …
Nili Belkind
Nili Belkind is a research fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She holds a PhD…
35. Toma mi alma y tómala (CES)
A rare cluster of stanzas with a well-known refrain. The closest version to this love…
Kamti lehallel leshem hael hanikhbad
This is a rare baqqasha by an anonymous author for the opening of the Sabbath morning…
Revisiting a Forgotten Treasure in Philadelphia
The library of Gratz College is very well known among scholars and collectors of Jewish…