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Theodor Bikel
Born in Vienna, Austria and immigrated to Palestine with his parents at age 13. Studied…
Mathew Miller (Matisyahu)
Born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA. Released his first album in 2004, and has been…
Song and Singers of the Synagogue in the Eighteenth Century
repr. in Journal of Synagogue Music, iii/2 (1971), 43–70. During the 18th century,…
Kurt Weill
Documentary. German, English, French and Italian, English subtitles; 97 min.
The well-…
The Dybbuk - Der dibuk
Feature. 123 min., B&W, Yiddish with English subtitles
Directed by Michal Waszynski…
Song of the Shepherd and the Shepherdess
This is a love song presented as a fictional dialogue between a young shepherdess and a…
Musical Tradition and its Transmitters between Synagogue and Church
The article consists of two parts. The first, published here, critically examines the…
Sarah “Shorty” Elias
Sarah “Shorty” Elias grew up in Ottoman Monastir, where she worked as a house maid from…
Malandanzas del asker (Avre los ogios)
This is one of the Ladino songs about the "askerlik" - the military service forced on…
Tamar de Sola Pool
Tamar de Sola Pool (née Hirshenson), was Born in Istanbul to a family from Jerusalem.…