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Alexander Uria Boscovich
Alexander Uriyah Boskovich (Cluj, Hungary, now Romania, 1907 – Tel-Aviv, 1964,…
‘I’m Sorry, It’s Yom Kippur’: Atonement through Punk (and Traditional Jewish Music)
… known to the general public), [2] who have, in the least, changed their clothing in order to perform religious and … singing especially at the end of the third verse], so we changed the punk progression to one in harmonic minor. The … Apr 2012. [4] See: Whitfield, Stephen J., “Yentl.” Jewish Social Studies 5,1-2 (1998-1999), pp. 154-176. [5] The …

Judeo-Spanish Traditions in Transition
… Judeo-Spanish Song in Israel This paper outlines aspects of change in Ladino music due to the impact of radio since the … programmes to cater to immigrants’ needs in socializing in a new country. Programmes in Ladino have been … than in the past, the role of music in their lives has also changed. On the one hand, they use their own adaptations of …
The Edith Gerson-Kiwi Legacy
… Heidelberg, Freiburg i. Br. and Paris. When the National Socialists prevented the publication of her dissertation on … significance here: the letters were written and exchanged over a time span ranging from the National Socialist rule in Germany to Palestine under the British …

David Nowakowsky
… a result of this project, Nowakowsky’s compositional style changed; he began infusing cantorial motives and gestures …
Noam Sheriff
Noam Sheriff (b. Tel-Aviv, 1935-2018), composer, conductor and lecturer. Sheriff is the…

Yeruham Blindman
Yeruham Blindman served as a cantor in Kishnev, Tarnopol and Berdichev. By 1834 he was…

«A Special Kind of Antisemitism»: On Russian Nationalism and Jewish Music
… scenarios, it was not only political crisis or the changes to Jewish identity but also the evolution of Russian … So too did the form and content of Russian antisemitism change as well. Within the Soviet Union, a heavy dose of … and Aesthetics in Modern Jewish Culture,” Jewish Social Studies n.s. 15, no. 2 (Winter 2009), 2-36; Ruth …
El Incendio de Saloniki: The Song of the Fire
… song we have listened to so far, is also indicative of a change in the role of Ladino music over the past century, … Footnotes: 1. Albertos Nar, “Social Organisation and Activity of the Jewish Community in …