… in lotus water Wears a jewel-studded necklace made of gold, Along with other chains of lovely coral beads. With rings on … everywhere. Blessed, blessed, let there always be blessings. May the Lord be blessed forever and forever. … 52 … 1 … Jewery … Jewish communities … Languages … Women … Women singing … Women's songs … Israel … Cochin … Barbara C. …

These are two variants of a song on the theme of a list of gifts that the prodigal,…

… a long time now the folkdance has had been accompanied by singing and song; and not only to [modern couple dances such as] the polka did people improvise and sing songs, but also to the polonaise, quadrille, waltz, … The motivic development of the ‘sher’ (which means -- along with the sherele -- scissors) tends to a more calm …

Born in Timkovichi, Belarus, and moved to Slutsk at an early age. He studied at the…

… version of “Ehad mi yode’a.” His father and uncle used to sing this version already in Poland in the 1920s. Goelman … educational system. He indeed agrees that the tune he sings bears Mizrahi (Oriental) or Arabic elements. Unlike … Aramaic versions available to us, the refrain that Goelman sings (Allah, Allah, Allah Allah hu) corresponds to the …

Jerome Kern was born on January 27, 1885 in New York City to parents Fanny and Henry…

… Amar was a rebel within contemporary Israeli culture, opposing the trend of turning Western music into the defining … Until his wife Remond passed away, he continued to perform, singing piyutim in various synagogues. Around the early … cantors, all the while giving up his career as a singer. After thirty years of releasing no new material in …

A very popular song among the Sephardim (see CMP AA66; Attias 1972, no. 83). There are…

… [Batya] Bayer … The meaning of the Modal Framework in the Singing of Religious Hymns by Christian Arabs in Israel …