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Judeo-Caribbean Currents
… a multilayered musical narrative. The small but prominent Jewish community of Curaçao had a notorious role in the … because few items from the Portuguese Jewish music tradition were preserved in the manuscripts. The … hymns of the service, En kelohenu, Adon 'olam and Yigdal. Wedding music is represented by a piece adapted from …
Gershon Sirota
… smaller local synagogues. Sirota took advantage of the rich tradition of hazzanut in Odessa . He attended services at … Low. Sirota and his choir starred in the grand concert of Jewish music of 1902, performed at the reception for … Sirota had a generous spirit, often volunteering to perform weddings free of charge for those who could not afford to …
Mickey Katz
… an American musician and comedian who specialized in Jewish humor. Katz is most well known for his parodies, but he created more traditional klezmer music as well. Although he was primarily … on the Dog , Katz Pajamas and Simcha Time: Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs, and Brisses . Katz played with many …
Isaac Eliyahu Navon
… 17, 1859. His father, Rabbi Eliyahu Navon, was one of the Jewish intellectuals and public figures in Adrianpole, a … in the attitude of Sephardic Jews in Adrianpole toward traditional Jewish costumes and way of thinking. Navon's … and Zabotinsky. An interesting anecdote recounts the wedding ceremony of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, which was held in …
Ray Musiker
… As a child, Ray learned to play Klezmer dance music at Jewish weddings. His parents immigrants to America from Northern … – Generations: A Living Musical Legacy ' in The Center for Traditional Music and Dance (CTMD): (June 2020). It includes …
Yehiel 'Adaki
… 13 work was scarce for goldsmiths, and he began working at weddings, doing manual labor such as pumping water and … of Palestine) house. In Palestine, 'Adaki discovered that Jewish Yemenite singing is looked down upon, even by … was integral to the distribution and conservation of the tradition of Jewish Yemenite singing. Even though his name …
Yaakov Mazor
… Musicology, Bar-Ilan University; M.A. thesis: The Role of Traditional Music in the Wedding of Georgian Jewish Community. Teacher of violin and music theory at the …