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The Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam
… this period, many refugees arrived in Amsterdam because of religious tolerance in the city; religious wars and persecution of different faiths by the … as 'new Christians,' and the attempt to live a Jewish life in accordance to the Halakha, all within the context of …
Ahavat ‘Olamim
… by Jews and Muslims, is rooted in the experience of Jewish life in the cities of Morocco: in prayer, in life-cycle rituals, and in non-liturgical religious songs for the early morning vigils, called Shirat …
Uzi Hitman
… they moved to Ramat Gan, where he lived for the rest of his life. His parents were survivors of the Bergen Belzen … seminary with Cantor Moshe Koussevitzky and followed a religious lifestyle, whereas his mother was secular. According to …
Dort wo die Zeder: A Forgotten Zionist Anthem in German
… performance of Dort wo die Zeder on different occasions proliferate. Just as an example, the song was performed at the … Noy, Dov/ Ben-Ami, Isaachar (ed.), Studies in the Cultural Life of the Jews in England (Studies of the Folklore … - A Cantor in Anglo Jewry.” In: Studies in the Cultural Life of the Jews in England (Studies of the Folklore …
The Liturgy of Beta Israel: Music of the Ethiopian Jewish Prayer
… familiarize them with general Jewish history and Orthodox religious law ( Halacha ) that regulates the private sphere among Jewish citizens in the State of Israel. These religious leaders of the Beta Israel community were seasoned …
David de Sola Pool
… was associated with Shearith Israel for the duration of his life, except for three years that he spent in the land of … Press, New York, 1955. Nima Adlerblum, “Reflections on the Life and Work of Rabbi David de Sola Pool,” Tradition, 30:1, … Thirteen Americans , Louis Finkelstein ed., Institute for Religious and Social Studies, New York, 1953, pp. 201-217. …
El Shokhen Shamayim - A Recorded Pearl of Andalusian Hebrew Music from Algeria Recovered
… Maghrebi and colonial Europeans, this recording brings to life a unique sonic moment that precedes the dissolution of Jewish life in Algeria and the weakening of the venerable Western … published in 1856) the main late-19th century compendium of religious Hebrew poetry from Western Algeria. As with many …
Musical Traditions of the Ethiopian Jews
… intensively engaged in documenting and studying the diverse religious and secular musical repertoires of Ethiopian Jews. … engaged in a detailed ethnography of the daily musical life of the Ethiopian Jewish youth around Israel. Her …
Nikolai Kaufman
… in the town.” And he adds: “We lived a calm and peaceful life… [non-Jewish] Bulgarians loved us a lot and we answered … (1990). There he adds that his grandfather “was a very religious man who spent most of his time reading and singing … Kaufman dedicated efforts to record all Jewish ethnic and religious denominations in his country. From this …
Four Melodies for Four Questions
… These additions also blurred the borderline between the religious and mundane spheres in this domestic Jewish … text phrase by phrase, a common learning technique in religious schools in Eastern Europe. Our website includes … Palestine in 1926. He was extremely active in the musical life of the Yishuv, working extensively also for the Israeli …