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Minhah
Minha Service
The Minha service is held at twilight and is one of the three daily…
Kol Nidrei
Lit. ‘all vows.’ The evening services which opens the Day of Atonement, declaring an…
Ades Synagogue
The Ades synagogue of the Aleppine Jewish community is located in the Nakhalat Zion…
Admor
Admor is an acronym in Hebrew for 'Adonenu, Morenu Ve-Rabenu' (our master, our teacher,…
Tish
In Yiddish, Tish means table. In the Hasidic movement, the Tish is the public feast of…
Havana Nagila: The Jews of Cuba
Directed by Laura Paul
This documentary film reveals the history of the Cuban Jews. It…
Had Gadya
Written in Aramaic, Had Gadya appears at the very end of the Passover Haggadah.…
«A Special Kind of Antisemitism»: On Russian Nationalism and Jewish Music
In 1958, on the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Society for Jewish Folk…
Experiencing Devekut
“Among hasidim the niggun not only reveals the state of mind of…
Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
Introduction
Jewish cantillation—the intoned reading of Torah, Haftarah, and other…