… University, (2006), Dissertation: 'The Most Musical Nation: Jews, Culture and Nationalism in the Late Russian Empire'; M.A. Columbia University (2000); … DC). Research interests: History of Jewish art music; Russian Jewish composers; music in Yiddish culture; history …

… explores the symbiotic relationship between the Rom and Jews who lived together before and after World War Two in … etc.), most of the time the klezmer musicians were not Jews but Rom. In fact, the Rom had played with and for Jews … throughout the Soviet Union playing classical, Rom, Russian and klezmer music until his death in1986. His …

… (Jerusalem) … With Songs They Respond: The Diwan of the Jews from Central Yemen … Central Yemen … Diwan … Yemen Jewery … Yemenite Jews … Yemenite … "Saperi tama temima" (Tell, pure and …

… General Union of Jewish Workers in Lithuania, Poland, and Russia (Der Algemeyner Yidisher Arbeter Bund in Lite, Poyln, … Republic with full political and national rights for Jews.' Picture taken from the YIVO encyclopedia  website . … to the Jewish worker rather than those of the wealthy Jews. The following segment raises the question of who will …

… Jerusalem … With Songs They Respond: The Diwan of the Jews from Central Yemen … Central Yemen … Diwan … Jewish … of Palestine … Shira … Tawshiḥ … Yemen Jewery … Yemenite Jews … Yemenite … "Se'i yona veshim'ini" (Go, Dove, and hear …

… with various cantors and performed behind the curtains in Russian theatre. At seventeen, Ben-Ami began acting with the Russian State Theatre. Starting with walk-on roles, he … Die , a memorial service at Madison Square Garden for the Jews murdered by the Nazis, attended by 40,000 people. His …

… (Jerusalem) … With Songs They Respond: The Diwan of the Jews from Central Yemen … Central Yemen … Diwan … Tawshiḥ … Yemen Jewery … Yemenite Jews … Yemenite … "Ayumah be-har hamor" (The Beloved on the …

… other sacred musical traditions of the Georgian and Persian Jews in Transcaucasia. Saminsky left Russia in 1919, following the communist revolution, and in …

… European culture and tradition. Christians as well as Jews responded to the vibrancy of his singing, and on at … his virtuosity won him the support and admiration of Russian government officials. His audience extended across … Salomon’s name (at the time when Salomon was born, most Jews in the Russian Empire did not have family names). …

… one of the most popular and widely known among the Yemenite Jews. It is sung on many different occasions, at weddings … … Kiryat Ono … With Songs they Respond: the Diwan of the Jews from Central Yemen … Brakha Tzefira … Central Yemen … … Shalom Shabazi … Shira … Tawshiḥ … Yemen Jewery … Yemenite Jews … Yemenite … "Im Nin’alu Daltei Nedivim" (Were the …