… I am still living the life of those times…  Theodore Bikel    On October 2, … commercial recordings of Israeli and other Jewish folksongs made for the international market after World War II. … career as a professional singer was marked by his first landmark long-play of songs eventually titled Theodore Bikel …

… This article shows the crystallization of the prayer and singing style known as … of the Jewish communities exiled from Spain to the lands of Islam are found in the distant past. The singing of … were usually adaptations of popular Arabic and Turkish songs. The old style Ottoman-Jewish musical tradition was …

… This entry is part of the  Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology  (LKT). The LKT compiles … references, the  šer  is also mentioned very rarely in folk songs. These folk songs are all from the Ukraine (cf. Cahan … the  šer  was widespread in Belorussia, Lithuania, and Poland. Even if we do not find this dance in other regions and …

… This entry is part of the  Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology  (LKT). The LKT compiles … . (Musical notation included).  “Some southern hassidic songs show the influence of the Romanians; these songs are … the other ‘moralishe’ nigunim ... [America is] a strange land with strange weddings. Everything is hit up and rattled …

… History of the Hillula of Rabbi Shim’on Bar Yohai in Mount Meron The … found that the “Musta'aravim” (Jewish residents of the Land of Israel, who, for generations, had lived with Arabs … in the same fashion. [4] The Hillula at Mount Meron and the Songs of Rabbi Shim’on Bar Yohai The Hillula in Meron begins …

… 57 … 720 … In honor of May Day and the tradition of Jewish political radicalism in late … Bund, the General Union of Jewish Workers in Lithuania, Poland, and Russia (Der Algemeyner Yidisher Arbeter Bund in … the Bund’s anthem. Despite the popularity of these two songs among Bund members and the strong rhetoric of “In …

… Rabbi David Dov Levanon, recorded by Matan Wygoda ZP 97 in the National Sound Archives, 22 December 2013. … Yah zekhut … addition, some Ashkenazi tunes were reincarnated as Zionist songs, becoming Israeli folk songs and folk dances in both … (“Almost all the songs in this new edition are sung in the Land of Israel in schools and are in the mouth of the …

… 722 … Although the song Hatikvah became the emblematic lyrical signifier of Zionism, other contemporary songs of Hatikvah contented for that spot in the late … pattern AABBCC -- and the last word of each stanza is “Vaterland.” The first stanza is repeated at the end with minor …

… * This entry is a summarized version of the full artice about Israeli folksongs by Talila Eliram. To read the full article, see below. … who usually have less of a connection to the land), can identify with. These include: scenery, history, …

… * This entry is a summarized version of the full artice about communal singing, by Talila Eliram. To … or end of a social activity they would sing translated songs, songs that they knew from home songs of pining for the Land of Israel. In addition to those mentioned, they would …

… Since the establishment of this community, the Karaites have … Byzantium as well as in Crimeria, Lithuania, and Eastern Poland. During that period, the development of the Karaite … is sung in a responsorial  manner, whereas paraliturgical songs are sung either in a responsorial manner or by the …

… Aharon Amram was born in Sana'a, Yemen, in 1939. His father, Rabbi Shlomo Amram, worked as a messenger for the Av … Jews to Israel, Amram and his family immigrated to the Land of Israel. Upon their arrival, they were put in … he read weekly torah portions, recited Haftaras, and sang songs of rabbi Shalom Shabazi and some Israeli songs that he …