… played by Shabtay Portugaly, a famous piano tuner of the day. After graduating from high school, Hadar volunteered for the 'Notrim' police unit. During the War of Independence he participated in the Battle of Latrun and in … Choir; and Kefar Shemaryahu Choir. Following the War of Independence, Hadar wrote his first song, 'El Ha'ayin,' in …

… in Palestine/Israel where it remains alive to this day among Israeli children. As a most widely recognized … school in Munkács (part of Hungary prior to World War II; today Mukacheve in Ukraine) dancing the hora to the … to write songs for all the Jewish festivals. His holydays' songs were immediately adopted by kindergarten …

… short memoir, in which he recalled a joke from his student days a half century earlier: [1]  “Why are there so many … Jewish “assimilation” and calling for Jewish national independence in music, they also took pains to emphasize a … So too did Zionist cultural nationalism emphasize its independence from Russia and Eastern Europe and the music …

… the only one in Italy where the Bible is still chanted today according to the Italian minhag. My analysis is based on …

… This melody was sung on the first two days of Pessa h  for Birkat Kohanim, and for other parts of … the course of time became signifiers of the particular Holy Day that the piyyut belonged to thus creating a typical … to other liturgical texts in the liturgy of the same Holy Day, such as Lekha dodi, certain psalms from the Hallel, …

… radio station in the afterglow of Bikel’s ninetieth birthday. The interview was held at the initiative of the Israeli … end of the interview, when asked if he remembers his early days in Tel Aviv, Bikel responded simply with the epitaph … the peak of the struggle of the Zionist movement to achieve independence in the aftermath of the Holocaust (of which he …

… were supported by the Jewish community, worked during the day for their livelihood, and when they finished their work, … and Sima Huri, Jerusalem, 1940 During the 1948 War of Independence Huri volunteered at a hospital. With the … of a dynasty of leading cantors still active in Israel today. In addition, Huri began studying Kabbalah in Jerusalem …

… to Jerusalem from Berlin. From that year until the War of Independence he studied external studies at the University … due to the British leaving the country and the War of Independence. Because his father, who died in 1946, was the … family home, the hymns occupied a central place on Saturdays and holidays. In Israel, Breuer taught the history of …

… the newly established neighborhood of Montefiore, known today as Yemin Moshe. The Mizrahi family made their living by … in a special program in Hebrew, broadcast every Monday.  When one of the Monday programs coincided with … government.  In February  1957, a year after Tunisia gained independence from France, Habib Burgiba, the president of …

… the morning services of all the Aseret yemei teshuvah (Ten Days of Repentance). While its prominence in the Sephardic and Yemenite rites is maintained to this day through its performance, its presence in the Ashkenazi … abandonment of its singing in the liturgy. As the High Holy Days season arrives, we dedicate again the Song of the Month …