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Rabbi David Buzaglo
… by Itzhak Katzenelson; this song itself originates from a Russian tune. [7] Moroccan cantors do not know how this … “Bab el Wad,” a poem by the Israeli poet Haim Guri set to a Russian melody that marks a key event in the 1948 War of …
Tish-nigunim Ascribed to Yosl Tolner and the Aesthetics of the Genre
… those areas of Ukraine (then part of Poland and later the Russian Empire). By the nineteenth century, it had become a … Twersky (1808–1882) of Talne (Yiddish spelling: Tolne; in Russian: Talnoye); hence his nickname “Tolner.” While the … internal traditions and external influences—from Polish and Russian elites, as well as from Ukrainian peasant culture. A …
Sarah Gorby
… was a renowned Jewish singer known for performing Yiddish, Russian, and French folk songs. Her birth name was Sofia … displaced Jews. Her post-war recordings expanded to include Russian and French folk songs, showcasing her linguistic … Her discography includes many traditional Yiddish songs, Russian romances, and French chansons. Gorby's music …
Jacob Ben-Ami
… with various cantors and performed behind the curtains in Russian theatre. At seventeen, Ben-Ami began acting with the Russian State Theatre. Starting with walk-on roles, he …
Pinchas Borenstein
… which was then part of the Kingdom of Poland under the Russian Empire (now Poland). He grew up in a religious …
Idelsohn’s trilingual autobiography and Yiska Idelsohn’s oral memoire
… in a town called Felixburg which was renamed Kurland by the Russians. [2] Yiska's dad's dad was Azriel Idelsohn. He was born in Felixburg, Libau on the Latvia-Prussian border. He was a Chasid and a Ba'al Tefilah, one who … brother-in-law, who came to visit us, but had to stop in Prussia, because he had no legal right to enter Russia, we …
A Recovered Voice from the Past
… with her father: “Shoshana’s love for dancing the horah and Russian kozatskas [read: kozachoks ] always remained with … music. Dymont was born in Kovno, Lithuania (then part of Russia) in 1881. He left for Germany when he was still a …
Kol Nidrei (Gebet am Jom Kipur) – Kol Nidrei (Yom Kippur Prayer)
… the sacred. [2] Younger than both Engel and Saminsky and a Russian-Jew immersed in the Central-European cultural hub, …
Raza Deshabbat
… of Welcoming the Sabbath). This rendition was composed by Russian/American cantor Pierre Pinchik (1895-1971). … Or …
Idelsohn's Obituary of Abraham Goldfaden
… unknown, not only to Jerusalem Jews, but also to Jews in Russia and Romania, and to all the children of the diaspora … of modern Jewish identity. The internal politics of the Russian Empire towards its Jewish population shuttered down … Idelsohn is referring to the ban on Yiddish theatre in the Russian Empire issued by Tsar Alexander III on August 17, …