… an American Jewish singer-songwriter, whose compositions played an important role in dramatically shifting the …

… (known as ‘kaleh bazetsen ’ in Ukraine), and various tunes played before the khupe (wedding canopy)...” Feldman 1994, … Leon Schwartz performs a kale bazetsn melody, and plays and sings the freylakhs (the second, faster part of …

… Latvia on May 6, 1934. His father was an amateur balalaika player and the grandson of a skipper who played harmonica and violin. Since his parents and … remained functioning in his left. Heiman returned to playing only when he was seventeen. He took up the accordion …

The Piyyut 'Anim Zemirot,' also known as 'Shir HaKavod' (Song of Glory), appears in the…

The Piyyut 'Anim Zemirot,' also known as 'Shir HaKavod' (Song of Glory), usually appears…

… thirty synagogues, including the Chief Rabbinate. 1 Map displaying the extent of the fire, with affected areas shown in … eventually be eclipsed by that of the Holocaust, the fire played a catalytic role in ending an era of Jewish life in … to three previous versions mentioned above (variant 1), displays a wider variety of ornamental activity, including more …

… included).  “A klezmer...told me that in the 1890s he played in a band in Brusilov (Kiev area), which used to play for Ukrainian artisans...at their weddings and … Beregovski 1937 [=1982, 533-534] . “Jewish klezmorim often played at non-Jewish weddings, festivities, entertainments, …

* This entry is a summarized version of the full artice about communal singing, by…

… Mwijo began his music career in Israel singing and playing the mandolin, an instrument associated mostly with … but he would eventually switch to the kemanja (violin played upright in the North African style). Between 1962 and … him to perform in Germany. Mwijo adamantly refused to play in Germany because of the Holocaust – even after an …

Arvit is the last of the three daily services of the Jewish liturgy, along with Shaharit…