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A cantor’s pledge in the High Holyday’s Provençal liturgy (Minhag Carpentras)
… The Jewish liturgy was never a sealed and unified corpus. Its … on the pulpit to conduct the prayer on behalf of the community led since antiquity to the development of a … tunes differ to a great extent from those of all other Jewish communities. They contain elements of original Jewish …
Haim Louk
… at Em Habanim school in Casablanca, which integrated Jewish religious studies with general education, including … The curriculum encompassed Talmudic studies, piyyutim (Jewish liturgical poetry), traditional chanting of Psalms, … as a cantor during the High Holy Days for the Ashkenazi community in Tangier, receiving his first remuneration for …
The Music on Comtat-Venaissin
… very short-lived journal initiated by the World Center for Jewish Music in Palestine. Milhaud, who was a close … religion and there were cases of Gauls becoming Jewish converts. These Jews remained in Provence and … monuments. The Aix synagogue dates back to 1840. Its community is at present presided over by my father [Gad …
Joe Elias
… Ensemble. He continued performing and teaching Sephardic Jewish songs for over 30 years, resulting in a prolific, yet … in New Mexico as part of a program to bring together the Jewish community with the Escondidos (crypto-Jews who fled the …
Sarah Gorby
… , Bessarabia (now Chișinău, Moldova), was a renowned Jewish singer known for performing Yiddish, Russian, and … technique. She initially performed in small venues and Jewish community events, where her unique voice and emotive …
Pinchas Borenstein
… he held for 30 years. He played a pivotal role in the Jewish musical community in South America, serving as the organizer and …
Léibele Schwartz
… , and on the bilingual radio program La Hora Israelita (The Jewish Hour) in the Radio Porteña station. In 1947, at the … Zedek , the third oldest synagogue in New York City and the Jewish Center of Kew Gardens Hills , one of the oldest … in fundraisers on behalf of institutions of the Jewish community in Argentine such as the Burzaco Nursing Home or …
Sarah Harat
… scholarly education, an unusual feature for young Yemenite Jewish girls at the time. Sarah was exposed to the traditional poetry of the Yemeni Jewish women and to the sacred poetry, the Diwan, performed by the men of her community. Her grandfather, Yosef Yitzhak Halevi, enriched …
Enrico Fink
… and coordinators of the Online Thesaurus of Italian Jewish Music, international project devoted to the study of Italian Jewish musical repertoires. As a musician, he has devoted … theatre. He is the President of the Florence Jewish Community since 2020. … Researcher of Italian Jewish Music …
Adiel Ben Shalom
… in the Yemenite music and the melodies of the Diwan Jewish community of Tsa'na, collaborating with Prof. Edwin …