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Jewish Professional Musicians in Iraq and Israel, Revisited
In 1979 Esther Warkov, a young American PhD student in ethnomusicology, came…
Moshe Attias
The Jewish Music Research Centre announces with sadness the recent passing of Cheikh…
Yom Yom Odeh: Towards the Biography of a Hebrew Baidaphon Record
Introduction
It is November 15, 2016 and I am sitting in a car, driving on a mountain…
The Edith Gerson-Kiwi Legacy
“From Berlin to Jerusalem and Back - The Letters of German-Jewish Musicologist Edith…
Review essay: Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics
Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics:…
Jewish Professional Musicians in Iraq and Israel, Revisited
In 1979 Esther Warkov, a young American PhD student in ethnomusicology, came to Israel…
A Moroccan Synagogue Service
This is a short extract of the article “Liturgy: An Overlooked Space in the Moroccan…
Yaqub Murad al-‘Amari (aka Yaqub Bar-Nay)
Murad was a multi-instrumentalist employed by the Iraqi Broadcasting Ensemble in Baghdad…
Abraham Salman
Abraham Salman (born Shaharabani) was a qanun virtuoso, one of the finest players…
Salim Shibith (Salim Ha-Cohen)
Salim Shibith (also known as Salim Ha-Cohen) was a qari al-maqam (“maqam reader”) and…