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Hebrew Psalmody

… on the basis of the oral renditions of Psalms performed by North African and Middle Eastern Jews in liturgical and non-liturgical contexts that have …

… prayer books even before the final expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492. Moreover, nocturnal study and … majority of the piyyutim in Shir Yedidot were written by North African poets, the book also includes piyyutim written by …

Shir Bamromim

… mostly comprised of two streams of Judaism: Hassidim and North African Jews. Even though the two groups assemble in close proximity …

Abyadi Ana

… in Jewish communities throughout the Middle East and North Africa. At the center of the ceremony stands the … Some of the most complex Henna ceremonies among Jews took place in Morocco where a special repertoire of … (A Bit of Luck) , which addresses the difficulties of North African immigrants to Israel such as Zohra El Fassia. The …

Andalusian Nuba

… from its origins in 9 th century Spain, its arrival in North African countries in the fifteenth century, and through its … work to music and singing. In a similar manner, the Jews also adopted the Nuba as an essential musical component …

“Eli Eliyahu:” The Havdalah Piyyut and its Melodies

… It is performed by Sephardic and Eastern (Oriental) Jews in a variety of melodies and textual variations. Text … this melody was found in Gardaya, Algeria (see below). North African Traditions The song has a number of North African …

Music in Sixteenth-Century Kabbalah in Northern Africa

… 23257 … North Africa … Jews of North Africa … North African … North African Jews … …

Moshe Attias

… switch to the kemanja (violin played upright in the North African style). Between 1962 and 1970, Mwijo estimated that … he had towards the way the State of Israel treated Moroccan Jews (see more below), he remained a local patriot. A …

Nuestro Señor Eloheinu/Las tablas de la Ley: A Song for Shavuot

… repertoire and other sources throughout the Mediterranean. Northern Italy and “Las tablas de la Ley” Two cities in … in Jerusalem and of the Messianic era. Two of these North-African Messianic strophes actually correspond to the … “ Ballads, wedding songs, and piyyutim of the Sephardic Jews of Tetuan and Morocco ,” Track 09, Folkways Records, …

Yom Yom Odeh: Towards the Biography of a Hebrew Baidaphon Record

… in the sixteenth century that continues amongst Syrian Jews today (Kligman 2009; Shelemay 1998). “ Yom Yom Odeh ” … in 1948 gave rise to the en masse migration of Jews from North Africa and the Near East, thereby dislocating almost … and Representation.” Ph.D. diss., School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). Doubleday, Veronica. 1999. “The …