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Ades Synagogue
… Jerusalem. At the turn of the twentieth century many Jews emigrated from Syria to various countries, particularly … community maintains the musical tradition of the Aleppine Jews. Each Shabbat is matched with a specific maqam, … during summer Shabbats. The piyyutim style of the Aleppine Jews as practiced in the Ades synagogue was a big influence …
Responsorial Singing
… reflects early synagogue responsorial forms. Yemenite Jews have preserved the troping of ' halleluyah ' by the …
With Songs They Respond: The Diwan of the Jews from Central Yemen
… The Jews of Yemen possess rich musical traditions, which have … today, half a century after the migration of most of the Jews from Yemen to Israel. Their special contribution to the … Edwin Seroussi … With Songs They Respond: The Diwan of the Jews from Central Yemen … Avner Bahat … Naomi Bahat-Ratzon …
Ahavat ‘Olamim
… tradition of Morocco and Algeria. This tradition, shared by Jews and Muslims, is rooted in the experience of Jewish life …
Hayrana Laih
… in the website of the Historical Association of Egyptian Jews that is based on information provided by the composer’s … and turbulent period in the history of Egypt and its Jews. Their story shows the extent of integration of many Jews and Karaites into the Egyptian social fabric, most …
Musical Traditions of the Ethiopian Jews
… The dramatic immigration of the Ethiopian Jews from their country of origin to Israel in the 1980’s … religious and secular musical repertoires of Ethiopian Jews. The present page directs you to projects on this topic … in detail the liturgy of Beta Israel (as the Ethiopian Jews refer to their community) for future generations. Our …
Bin Tavinu Liqnot Bina Ha'azinu
… poet and a composer, was born to a distinguished family of Jews from Spain. He lived and worked in Damascus, Safed, and … from the research of the oral tradition of the Sephardic Jews of the Eastern Mediterranean. Afterwards, the … of this song in Ladino have survived among the Sephardic Jews, but only one, originating in Bulgaria, survived with …
Shofet Kol Ha'aretz
… period, apparently predating its use among Sephardic Jews. Manuscript 85 of the Archivio Storico Comunale of … fragments from an order of Selihot of the Ashkenazi Jews in Italy, dated to the 13 th or 14 th century (IMHM, PH …
Piyyutim for the High Holidays
… transition in the history of the Judeo-Spanish speaking Jews. The old traditional Ottoman Jewish community ruled by …
Selihot according to Siftei renanot
… Yom Kippur became the custom of the Sephardic and Oriental Jews until the present. In these communities, the selihot … Preservation and Diffusion of the Heritage of the Libyan Jews, 2007). The second version is an adaptation of the …