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Baqqashah (Pl. Baqqashot)
The Baqqashot (petition) is a religious practice maintained by several Jewish…
Andalusian Nuba
In this article we will review the development of the Nuba, which is considered the…
Taksim (LKT)
This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT…
Shlomo ben Shimshon (Weintraub) Kashtan
Kashtan (Shlomoh ben Shimshon, or Salomon, the son of Samson), aka Salomon Weintraub…
Semele (LKT)
This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT…
Book Review: Charles B. Hersch, Jews and Jazz Improvising Ethnicity
… when the normative criterion of race determines who performs jazz “authentically” (Black people) and who performs by imitation and appropriation (white Jews and … a special affinity for African-Americans and their cultural forms due to shared experiences of oppression) and “the …
