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Review essay: Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics
… Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics: Selections from the … Melngailis collection . Middleton WI: A-R editions, 2014. Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics makes public a forgotten … Jewish musicians affiliated with the St. Petersburg Society for Jewish Folk Music: Lazare Saminski, who praised …
Yaakov Huri
… a profile of the man, his ideals and his standing in society. We supplemented heir detailed testimony with a … as rabbi. Huri belonged to the Zionist sector of the Jewish community. This sector, unlike the yeshivah students that were supported by the Jewish community, worked during the day for their …
Communal singing
… one of the defining characteristics of the Israeli society. In homogenous groups (such as those of the … especially after the fourth and fifth Aliyot [1924-1939] (Jewish immigrations to Palestine), specifically in large … by Talila Eliram , written for the JMRC. [2] An early Jewish-Zionist commando unit in Palestine that existed until …
Shofet Kol Ha'aretz
… of digital resources have enhanced the study of the Jewish liturgy helping us to make more accurate assessments … users of this manuscript there was an awareness that a traditional melody for Shofet kol ha’aretz was already in … in Hebraic Bookland . Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1920, pp. 97-101. Includes the …
A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… we can reconstruct with a certain degree of accuracy how Jewish liturgical practices evolved prior to the invention … users of this manuscript there was an awareness that a traditional melody for Shofet kol ha’aretz was already in … in Hebraic Bookland . Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1920, pp. 97-101. Includes the …
Priestly Blessing- Birkat Kohanim
… the four days of fast, and thrice on Yom Kippur. All of the Jewish communities in Israel, both Sephardic and Ashkenazi, … In the meantime, the priests separate their fingers to the traditional figure in which each of their hands makes the … both their aforementioned will to integrate with German society, and the fact that the blessing portrays a …
Ehad mi Yodea - Its sources, variations, and parodies
… the music within different historical contexts and local Jewish traditions. “E h ad mi yodea” is a cumulative song. … and on earth, we have one God.” There are a few available traditional H abad performances of this version. As can be … of Yiddish Folksong . Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1963. Sharvit, Shimon. “The Oriental Version of ‘E …
Book review: James Kaplan, Irving Berlin: New York Genius
… Song”. For a start, it represents two of the four genres (Jewish, Irish, Italian, and ‘coon’, the demeaning white take … heart of what became Berlin’s true genius and of what was Jewish – or at least ‘Jew-ish’ – about Berlin’s life and … appeal could extend across the many components of American society. As scholars including Charles Hamm have noted, his …
Yossef (Yusuf) Zaarur
… most Baghdadi Jews, Zaarur attended synagogue services and traditional family celebrations from an early age, which … This generational tension between well-to-do Baghdadi Jewish families and their youngsters who loved music and … prevalent in early-twentieth century Iraqi Jewish society—as well the shifts in attitudes towards music-making …
El Shokhen Shamayim - A Recorded Pearl of Andalusian Hebrew Music from Algeria Recovered
… Meanwhile, we hope you enjoy this preview. The Algerian Jewish singer Gabriel Sayag recorded the piyyut El shokhen … The skillful pianist accompanies him in unison in the traditional Andalusian style from Western Algeria. While the … of the Genizah text; to the Friedberg Jewish Manuscript Society for making the digitization of Genizah manuscripts …


