Leib Glanz was born in Kiev in 1898.  His father was the cantor at the Synagogue of…

… age of 37, Emanuel Zamir died in a car accident. … Israeli poet amd composer … Hebrew Folksongs … Zemer Iveri, Zemer … …

Agadelkha Elohei (Shir ha-yihud). I will praise you, god (Song of Unity). Performed by…

Singing Hashkivenu with a distinctive melody in the Friday night service is…

Girdle poem by Shalem Shabazi, signed Alshabazi mashta, mostly in Hebrew, with a small…

Ami Maayani (b. Ramat-Gan, near Tel-Aviv, 1936 d. 2019) had always emphasized the use of…

… the main late-19th century compendium of religious Hebrew poetry from Western Algeria. As with many other items in … shamayim (acrostic Abraham) has its origins in the Hebrew poetry of the Eastern Mediterranean, most probably in … 1921), the ultimate printed collection of sacred Hebrew poetry set to Ottoman art music. All these and several other …

Composer Leon Algazi was born in Iepuresti, Romania in 1890. He studied music in…

… many were written and their style developed. [1] Among the poets who wrote Seliha' s are Sa'adyah Gaon, Gershom b. … 1038-1089), a halakhic authority, Biblical commentator and poet, this Iberian order of selihot remained in continuous …

A unique genre in the Sephardic Jews musical tradition. A narrative poem, a ballad,…