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Almonds and Raisins
… sweat shops and exploitation, unionization, seeing their children succeed where they could not, and a romanticization … Jewish liturgical music. This film is an excellent document for being introduced to the central themes, actors, …
Seliha-Selihot
… The word Seliha (plural- Selihot ) means forgiveness in Hebrew. In the singular form Seliha means a piyut of pleading for forgiveness for … and prayers requesting forgiveness for the sins of the Children of Israel. The service is performed on fasts as …
Admor
… Admor is an acronym in Hebrew for 'Adonenu, Morenu Ve-Rabenu' (our master, our teacher, … conducts marriages, signs on divorces, and is the address for questions concerning Jewish practices, Kosher problems, … in all aspects of life; [2] faith issues, education of the children, matrimonial affairs, and even the changing of a …
Cute Boy, Charming Girl
… Cute Boy, Charming Girl: Children’s Songs of the Modern Hebrew Nation(1882-1948) presents Hebrew songs written for and sung by Jewish children in pre-state Israel. The … songs, and borrowed melodies. Most of the songs chosen for Cute Boy, Charming Girl are not part of today’s …
Hayrana Laih
… the popular Egyptian poet who was the main songwriter for Umm Kalthoum. Daoud Hosni (1870-1937), an Egyptian … composer of Karaite Jewish origins composed it in 1932 for the Egyptian singer of Jewish extraction, Leila (or … that is based on information provided by the composer’s two children maintains that his Karaite Jewish origin played …
Moyshelekh Un Shloymelekh (part 2)
… Co.) in 1966. Papernikoff's text portrays the tender Jewish children of Bialik during the Holocaust. They do not play … the essence of a children’s song. The through-composed form, however, tampers with this essence, making the song … the other. It ends on the fourth degree and rests there, before entering the next stanza with new harmonic material. …
Moyshelekh Un Shloymelekh (part 1)
… Di Grininke Beymelekh.' Unter Di Grininke Bymelekh The children song “Unter Di Grininke Bymelekh” (Beneath the … was first published in 1901. Brounoff composed two melodies for this song, one published in 1905, and the second one, … which is presented here, in 1914. Judging by its many performances and multiple versions, 'Unter Di Grininke …
Ner Haviv, Ner Na'eh
… 80 years old. According to Abuganim, the medley was written for the children's choir Rinah VeSimha, founded by him and by Yosef … Abuganim officiated as cantor. The medley was composed for a concert at the ‘Kol Yisrael’ state radio station. …
Mi-al har horev from the manuscripts of Obadiah the Proselyte
… Hebrew musical manuscripts, arranged by Andre Hajdu and performed by the Jerusalem Children's Choir under conductor Yonatan Lesser. This … staff of the Jewish Music Research Centre hopes that the information provided in the introduction, the accompanying …
Voices of the People: The Story of Yiddish Folksong
… collector, singer, folklorist, writer, and crusader for the vanishing legacy of the Yiddish world, Voices of a … brings the Jews' ancient, itinerant culture alive through children's songs, dancing songs, and songs about love and … Jewish experience. Noted scholar Mark Slobin provides a new foreword that includes a biographical sketch of Rubin and an …