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Jews in Gibraltar and the music of their synagogues
… for the Moroccan Jews. It was named Ets Hayim (Tree of Life; the name of the Talmudic Academy in Amsterdam), but is … He established a Bet Medrash (academy of religious study) on Parliament Lane and laid the inaugural …

The Mogen Ovos Mode: a Study in Folklore
Singing the prayer magen avot, the abbreviated repetition of Sabbath-eve amidah, is an…
Andre Hajdu
… immersed himself in Judaism and started to observe Jewish religious practices. At the same time, he mingled in Paris’ … children's choir and orchestra (1984), the cantata Eternal Life (1984), the opera The Story of Jonah (1987), Job and … migrations by design or by force, evolving attitudes to religious and national Jewish identity and tensions between …

Zemerl (LKT)
… get the full reference. “...a zemerl [pl. zmires ]...is a religious folk song in Hebrew or Aramaic sung on the … liturgy, commonly sung to a variety of tunes, as a zemerl (religious folk song).” Schlesinger, Alpert, Rubin 1989 . ( …
‘Le-El ‘Olam’ by Mordecai Dato: In search of a melody for an ancient Italian Hebrew poem
… Not much is known of the life of Rabbi Mordecai ben Yehudah Dato (1525? – … Modena and Ferrara where he maintained a rather secluded life. Almost all of his works remained in manuscripts … Italian-Ancona ritual. Ancona (but in Milan). Male voice. Religious intonation). The recording was made in February …
Music, Muslims and Jews
… it throughout history, with the rise of national/ethno-religious conflicts that followed the fall of the Ottoman … Iran, and the sociocultural milieus in which they came to life. The project also features studies that address how … musical genres, modal frameworks and rhythms influenced the religious music of Jews throughout this vast geographical …

Parallels Between the Old–French and the Jewish Song
… Psalms.' Therefore 'we may assume that elements of Jewish religious and folk traditions crept into the folk traditions …

Jewish Liturgical Forms in the Falasha Liturgy? A Comparative Study
… attracted considerable attention because of their Judaic religious practice, yet the relationship of their liturgy to … influence may be manifested in certain aspects of cultural life and religious practice, but all Jewish traditions share basic …

Samuel Naumbourg
… giving an unprecedented overview of the history of religious Jewish music. Another of Naumbourg’s important …

Yaakov ben Moshe Levi Moelin (Maharil)
… and textual comments, it contains a detailed description of religious observances and rites within and without the … and outlines, therefore, a faithful picture of the life of the German Jews. It was first published, with … being largely responsible for the high esteem accorded to religious tradition ('minhag') in the communities. Maharil …