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Priestly Blessing- Birkat Kohanim
… the four days of fast, and thrice on Yom Kippur. All of the Jewish communities in Israel, both Sephardic and Ashkenazi, … Blessing in the Ashkenazi Tradition While all of the Jewish communities, from Yemen to Lithuania, developed unique melodies for the blessing, the Ashkenazi community had the richest assortment of melodies, …
A Gneyve - A Yiddish Song of Theft and Poverty
… created a number of songs about poverty and how the Jewish community “dealt with economic problems on the simplest … a live performance humorously equated this song with the Jewish equivalent of calling the police, saying, “This is …
An Ashkenazi version of “Ehad mi yode’a” in…Arabic
… origins and circulation of “Ehad mi yode’a” throughout the Jewish world (including the question of whether it was … the framework of the documenting of Seder traditions of all Jewish communities initiated by the legendary producer … video recorded at the Talmud Torah of the Aleppo Jewish community in Mexico became viral online: Here follow …
צלילי איוב במערב־התיכון של ארצות הברית: איש רציני יהודי לנוכח עץ החיים הנוצרי
… USA). … Sounds of Job in the American Midwest: A Serious “Jewish” Man vs. a “Christian” Tree of Life Ruth HaCohen … first film, the Coen brothers’ A Serious Man (2009), is “Jewish” in the sense that its protagonists are active members of a practicing Jewish community in a Minnesota suburbia. The second, Terence …
Sholom Secunda
… witnessed numerous violent attacks against members of their community. In 1903, the Secunda's eldest son Velvel escaped … year he developed something of a mentor relationship with Jewish composer Ernest Bloch with whom he studied … work of that season was 'Mayn yidishe maydle' (My Jewish Girl). That same year, William Rolland opened a …
La Gallarda matadora
… who brought the seeds of flamenco to Spain. Moreover, the Jewish expulsion from the Iberian Peninsula occurred … of the history of flamenco almost always mention some Jewish influence on the development of flamenco, although it … matadora from Tetouan, where the most important Jewish community in North Morocco was located. Four variants of …

Marsh (LKT)
… Ukraine, 1820s-30s]. Fridkin 1925, p. 46 . “A Jewish wedding in the shtetl was a holiday... When Arish the … tunes which were usually adopted from the surrounding non-Jewish cultures. The adoption of marches by Hasidim is part … triple meter of the waltz style... 2) Members of the Boyan community and young Hasidim of other communities use this …
Mordekhai Zeira
… and through his sister's playing. He was also exposed to Jewish melodies, while accompanying his father to the … In his songs, Zeira transmits a vast narrative of the [Jewish] people in Israel: Lemoladeti , Havo Lebanim , 'Al … would receive their inspiration from the springs of Jewish Music. He wanted them to use in their works musical …
The Fall of Jerusalem in Song: The Ashkenazi Melody She’eh ne’esar
… in Hebrew) for the Seventeenth of Tammuz, a fast day in Jewish tradition marking the breach of Jerusalem’s … this date was associated with other catastrophes in Jewish history. In spite of its prominence in Jewish … of the National Library of Israel (= Ms. 24 of the Jewish Community of Vienna Library), dated before the year 1465, …