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Free voice of Labor: Jewish Anarchists
… information on an interesting and often overlooked part of Jewish history, the film also features quite a few revolutionaly Yiddish songs. The film also features a scene from the 1932 film … Edelstadt Makhness Geyen (masses marching) – Milchel Gelbart In Ale Gas/Hey Hey Daloy Politsey (hey hey down with the …
Edge of the West
… and jewelry, dancing, spreading henna on the palm of the participant's hands, and singing. The specific song that is sung during this segment is an excerpt of the traditional henna ceremony song Abiadi Yana. Complete film on Youtube, courtesy of …
Karaite Jews Musical Tradition
… from the 11 th to the 16 th centuries. The liturgical parts (volumes 1-3) are mostly a series of verses from the … of which entered the liturgical canon). The paraliturgical parts (volume 4) are made up of poems, piyyutim, and … in the Karaite Musical Tradition The liturgical Karaite song is sung in a responsorial manner, whereas …
Aharon Amram
… Math, History and Hebrew in a Jewish school. In 1950, as part of 'Operation Magic Carpet' that was designed to bring … towards music was noticed, and when he was fourteen, he participated, as a regular guest, on Sa'adia Damari's radio … he read weekly torah portions, recited Haftaras, and sang songs of rabbi Shalom Shabazi and some Israeli songs that he …
Brakha Tzefira
… age of five and was placed with a family in the Bukharan Quarter of Jerusalem. This area of the city was inhabited by … one neighborhhod to the next, Brakha was attracted to the songs she heard. The synagogue played a central role in the … to the oriental melodies. Jehoash Hirshberg , in his article about Tzefira [1] , emphasizes this point, and …
Elohim Eshala
… Folkways release by the Israeli singer Geula Gill “Yemenite songs and other Israeli folk songs.” Gill (b. 1932 in Tel … from Tashkent in Uzbekistan) is one of the major Israeli artists to have had a long-term and distinguished presence … only the opening three batim performed (the nashid part and then the refrain, "Ve-ha-Kohen”). The second song is …
Kaddish
… Kaddish is one of the most important and central parts of the Jewish liturgy. Most of it is in Aramaic, and it is used as a passage between various parts of the prayer, and at its end. Originally, the Kaddish … many musical works. Among them are: The famous Yiddish folksong, 'Ha-Kaddish Shel Rabbi Levy Yitzchak Mi-Berdichev' …
Priestly Blessing- Birkat Kohanim
… the Priestly Blessing. Paradoxically, it was, at least in part, because the Ashkenazi Diaspora communities performed … the following prayer, ' Ribono shel olam, a'sinu me shegazarta a'leinu, af ata aseh I'manu kema shehit h tanu. … Piyutim, others were adopted from secular Jewish songs, as well as from non-Jewish sources. Some of these …
A Free People
… in the Holocaust. The second is of a Passover Seder. The participants sing the Four Questions and then Ve-Hi … the narrator points out the symbolism of Jews singing this song in the State of Israel, since it is about the defeat of …
A Bookshelf On Top of the Sky: 12 Stories about John Zorn
… hardcore punk music, soundtracks, Jewish music, modern art, surf music, and countless other styles and genres of … musical expression. He often fuses these elements into one song creating an idiosyncratic style of polystylistic … his career. While the content of the film is for the most part interesting, as it portrays Zorn discussing his music …