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Book Review: Charles B. Hersch, Jews and Jazz Improvising Ethnicity
… minstrel character Gus. Shortly thereafter came the Swing Era, with no shortage of white Jewish bandleaders, …
Idelsohn’s trilingual autobiography and Yiska Idelsohn’s oral memoire
This document, in the form of a synoptic table, incorporates three versions of Idelsohn’…
Hora
Origin of the term
The word originates from Rumanian. As an ancient term it meant a…
Admor
Admor is an acronym in Hebrew for 'Adonenu, Morenu Ve-Rabenu' (our master, our teacher,…
Badekns (LKT)
This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT…
Asher Shimon Mizrahi
Asher Shimon Mizrahi was born in the old city of Jerusalem in 1890 to father Yitzhak…