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Jewish Music Collections at the Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine in Kyiv
… Jews from the Collection of Isaac Lurie (1913): Annotations to recordings released by the Institute for …
Sarah Harat
Sarah Harat was born in Sana'a in 1922 to Abraham Khobara and Yonah (Khamama) from the…
Cleaving tune (Niggun Dvekut)
The term Niggun Devekut, which probably is a Hebrew translation of the Yiddish…
Nikolai Kaufman
Musicologist, folklorist and composer Nikolay (or Nikolaï) Yankov Kaufman (or Kauffman,…
Priestly Blessing- Birkat Kohanim
[1]The triple blessing, or the Priestly Blessing, is arguably the most…
The “Jewish Baroque”: The Allure of a Modern Musical Affair
On March 15, 1899, the distinguished scholar, cantor, composer and avid manuscript…
Tish-nigunim Ascribed to Yosl Tolner and the Aesthetics of the Genre
Tish-nigunim in the Post-vernacular Era
This study aims to trace the unique…
Karaite Jews Musical Tradition
Since the establishment of this community, the Karaites have maintained the basic…
A Moroccan Synagogue Service
This is a short extract of the article “Liturgy: An Overlooked Space in the Moroccan…
Meir Shimon Geshuri
Meir Shimon Geshuri (née Bruckner; April 19, 1897 - December 9, 1977) was an Israeli…