Craig Taubman
Singer and Composer
Craig Taubman is a singer and composer, known both for his Jewish liturgical music for the synagogue and his popular contemporary music.
1958 -
American Conference of Cantors
The American Conference of Cantors functions as the professional organization for ordained or certified Reform Jewish Cantors. The organization branched out of Hebrew Union College starting in 1953, and offers its members a variety of resources, including professional development opportunities and educational programs.
Bessie Schonberg
Dancer, choreographer and teacher
1906- 1997
Yiddish Theater: A Love Story
Directed by Dan Katzir
Material Type:
Films
Year:
2006
Yiddish – The Mame Loshn (Yiddish - the Mother Tongue)
Directed by Cordelia Stone and Pierre Sauvage
Produced by Pierre Sauvage
Material Type:
Films
Year:
1979
Wild Man Blues
Directed by Barbara Kopple
Material Type:
Films
Year:
1997
Uncle Moses
Directed by Sidney Goldin and Aubrey Scotto
Material Type:
Films
Year:
1932
Whither Jewish Music? Jewish Studies, Music Scholarship, and the Tilt Between Seminary and University
Author
Explores the history of Jewish music research in relation to parallel developments in ethnomusicology and Jewish studies in the American academic world during the twentieth century.
Material Type:
Articles in Journals
Year:
2008
American Society for Jewish Music
The American Society for Jewish Music (ASJM) serves as a broad canopy for all who are interested in Jewish music. Its members include cantors, composers, educators, musicologists, ethnologists, historians, performers and interested lay members - as well as libraries, universities, synagogues and other institutions.
Judeo-Caribbean Currents: Music of the Mikvé Israel-Emanuel Synagogue in Curaçao
- A Polka Mazurka
- Niggun of the Meggid of Mezerich From the album, "The Hasidic Niggun as Sung by the Hasidim." This dance niggun is the seventh and last in a series of niggunim sung by Bratslav Hasidim as they dance after the Shabbat evening service on Friday night. Some have attributed the niggun to R. Dov Ber, the meggid of Mezerich.
- Kol B'ru'ei (Padua, Italy) From the album, "Italian Jewish Musical Traditions from the Leo Levi Collection (1954-1961)." The poem depicts "all creatures" singing and praising the unity of God, and was recited in the Italian rite during the daily morning prayer. This melody was sung only on Rosh Hashanah (New Year) in the Italian tradition of Padua.
- Yigdal From the album, "Judeo-Carribean Currents, Music of the Mikve Israel-Emanuel Synagogue in Curaçao," performed by Gideon Zelermyer. The Yigdal is part of the ceremonial section of the liturgical order of Shabbat and the Holy Days in the Curaçao synagogue. It is one of the ending hymns of the service.
- Eres Chiquita y Bonita From the album, "Judeo-Spanish Moroccan Songs for the Life Cycle," sung by Alicia Bendayan from Tetuan. This is a song about courtship, related to the Jewish rituals that mark the events of the life cycle.
- Sweet Shalt Be My Chant From the album, "Kulmus Hanefesh," performed by Yair Harel on voice and tar, and Matti Kovler on voice and piano. A sacred hymn attributed to Rabbi Yehuda ha-Chasid, this is a Chabad tune with a near-Eastern arrangement.
- Lyr II From the album, "The Music of the Mountain Jews." Lyr is a genre found among all Turkish peoples, consisting of long, complex compositions usually comprised of three parts.
- Gilu ha-Galilim (Rejoice Galileans) From the album, "Nights in Canaan, Early Songs of the Land of Israel (1882-1946)." This is a Second Aliyah (1904-1914) song which became an integral part of the historical repertoire of Hebrew song. Both native-born and newly arrived pioneers sang this song in all circumstances.
- Saperi Tama From the album, "With Songs They Respond: The Diwan of the Jews from Central Yemen." This is a girdle poem by Se'adia ben Amram. Saperi Tama is sung to many melodies and is one of Yemenite Jewry's most common poems.