… Mordekhai (Mordecai; Mordkhe) Hershman was born in 1888 in Chernigov (Polish: Chernikhov) in the … not only recordings of cantorial music but also folk songs in Yiddish. As the following announcement ( Der Moment …

… This entry is part of the   Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology … fluere (sheperd’s pipe) or violin; it is sung by men and women, adults and children. In structure it is divided into … is one of the richests and most beautiful of Yiddish folk songs. A certain non-Jewish influence heard in the melody is …

… Cleaning up my office desk towards Passover 5783 (2023) I found a note that Mr. Moshe Goelman … making of this song. Translating the beloved Passover folksongs added to the Haggadah sometime during the late …

… Judeo-Spanish version of a liturgical poem ( piyyut ) of the ‘ … have become set in the memories of Sephardic men and women. Its stanzas consist mostly of six lines, parallel to … y el atado Itzhak en el mizbeaḥ … 7 … 40778 … Judeo-Spanish Songs for the Year Cycle: Yamim Noraim (High Holy Days) … …

… Childhood and early musical career Yossef (Yusuf) Zaarur (يوسف زعرور) was born in Baghdad in … musics. Zaarur was also a prolific composer. He composed songs in diverse genres including the Egyptian taqtuqa ; …

… Niggun ‘Akedah  is an Ashkenazi melody firmly associated with the Binding of … of the Binding of Isaac and was also used for additional songs in Hebrew and Yiddish, the content of which relates to … Tkhines: The Forgotten Book of Common Prayer for Jewish Women . Translated by Devra Kay. Philadelphia: Jewish …

… Arvit is the last of the three daily services of the Jewish liturgy, along with Sha h arit and Min h a …

…   The Jewish liturgy was never a sealed and unified corpus. Its continuity and … their prayer be heard favorably. Prayers are described as songs, but also deemed to incense and sacrifices. Here is …