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Or Haganuz
… Prof. André Hajdu , one of the first JMRC researchers, has joined forces with Cantor Asher Hainovitz of the Yeshurun Central Synagogue in Jerusalem to put together a selection of hazzanut pieces and Yiddish songs in new …
Skotshne/Skochne
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT compiles a wide array of source materials that shed light on the historical and contemporary state of knowledge about …
Armand Sabah
… and immigrated to Israel with his family at age ten. His father came from a musical family related to the renowned Moroccan singer and composer Sami Elmagribi. The love of music in his household was evident through the …
Music in Sixteenth-Century Kabbalah in Northern Africa
… 2 … 2 … 2 … 35544 … 154-170 … Jerusalem … Yuval, Studies of the Jewish Music Research Centre … … 2002 … Africa … … … Edwin Seroussi … Eliyahu Schleifer … Music in Sixteenth-Century Kabbalah in Northern Africa …
A Flowering Debate: A Judeo-Spanish Song (not just) for Tu BiShvat
… El debate de las flores (Debate of the Flowers) is the name provided by scholars to a long Judeo-Spanish … among kabbalistic circles of Safed only in the seventeenth century. The seder for Tu BiShvat appears for the first time …
Shmendrik
… Tribute,' prepared by Eva Heinstein with help from the JMRC staff. To view the exhibit in its entirety click on the link above. The image above is the title page of …
Amnon Shiloah
… Syria in 1931. In 1942, as a teenager, he took upon himself the dangerous journey of moving from Syria to Mandatory British Palestine/Eretz Israel through the Golan Heights. He joined the Meir Shfeya boarding school of Aliyat Hano’ar in …
Purim Lanu, Pesah a la Mano: Celebrating Flory Jagoda (1923-2021)
… 25 … 41041 … Back in 2008 we dedicated our Song of the Month to the popular piyyut “Purim, Purim, Purim lanu” (“Purim, … of the Ottoman Empire) in the last third of the sixteenth century, Gallego arrived in Amsterdam around 1614, invited …
Robert Lachmann
… was born in Berlin and began his formal education at the University of Berlin and at the University of London, with a focus on French and Arabic … During World War I he served as an interpreter at the Wünsdorf POW camp, populated by primarily North African …
Besem-tants (LKT)
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT) . The LKT compiles a wide array of source materials that shed light on the historical and contemporary state of knowledge about …