… La galana , a Judeo-Spanish song included in the new publication of the JMRC, Eastern Mediterranean … This short excursion into one of the songs included in our new production shows the extent to which detailed research …   References Amato Levy, Rebecca. I Remember Rhodes . New York: Sepher-Hermon Press, 1987. Bunis, David. Voices …

… of most of the youth. In proportion to its decline, a new element, which began to arrive around 1900, is steadily …

… Germany and northern France. However, it also acquired two new layers of meaning. The first was a Jewish reclamation of … Assis 2000; Chazan 1996; Spiegel 1967, 7–13). These two new concepts reflect significant historical and cultural … the story plays a central role in the liturgy of the Jewish New Year festival. [2]   In Ashkenazi Hebrew Literature   …

… the fifteenth day of the month of Shvat known also as “the new year of the trees.” This celebration of the beginning of … the agricultural cycle at the end of winter is a relatively newcomer to the Jewish calendar, going back “only” to … National Library of Israel, 8o 3716, fol. 15a (19a in new pagination) It is worth noting the connection between El …

… of the old prayer for the well-being of the government. The new prayer is substantially different than its diasporic … predecessor and was printed for the first time in the daily newspaper Haaretz on September 21, 1948. It was composed by … the “Prayer for the Well-being of the State of Israel” The new prayer posed a dilemma for synagogue cantors regarding …

… around 1614, invited to serve as hazzan (cantor) of the new, flourishing Portuguese Jewish community. In 1628, he … Sephardic and North African Jewish communities of the new style of religious Hebrew song, which had developed … only performed traditional Sephardic songs but also penned new songs, some of which became widely popular, among them …

… National Academy of Santa Cecilia). (2) Composing new liturgical melodies was a means to renew the meaning and value of the Jewish liturgical … masters and cantors of the past and at the same time to renew the repertoire with contemporary sounds. Their style, …