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Alicia Benassayag Bendayan
The Jewish Music Research Centre of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem mourns the…
Arabs - Jews - Music
With the rise of Islam and the expanding Arab conquests throughout the Middle East,…
Eastern Mediterranean Judeo-Spanish Songs
Study and commentaries: Rivka Havassy and Edwin Seroussi
Research collaborators:…
58. La despedida (Isaac Algazi)
The author of this song, Dr. Maimon Levy, was an ophthalmologist, native of Corfu, who…
Isaac Levy
Isaac Levy was born in Manisa near Izmir to a Sephardic Jewish family. At the age of…
Kol beru’e ma’ala umata
The poem depicts "all Creatures" singing and praising the Unity of God. In the Sephardi…
Arrorró, mi alma (Nanas del arrorró)
This widespread lullaby is sung by non-Jews in Spain and in South America, and probably…
Dicotín dicotán (Ricotín ricotán)
A children’s game: one child lowers his head, hides his face and closes his eyes, while…
Abraham Beniso
Hazzan Abraham Beniso was born in Gibraltar, on January 21, 1923. During World War ІІ he…