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From Destruction to Rebuilding in the Iberian Peninsula
This article touches upon the Ninth of Av qinot (dirges), as sung at the Nefutsot Yehuda…
אברהם עילם-אמזלג
אבי (אברהם) עילם-אמזלג נולד בקזבלנקה שבמרוקו בשנת 1941, ובשנת 1952 עלה לארץ בגפו…
In The Land Of The Pyramids: A Secular Take On Passover
… summer camp, aka Kinder Ring, is indicative of the contexts of performance of “Piramidn.” Although, as Neil Levin …
Steiger
A term in use in the European Jewish musical tradition to refer to the different modal…
A Recovered Voice from the Past
… economics, politics, and society. Yet something of that texts and tears, martyrs and saints approach still governs … by Jewish Studies—a disembodied male mind, torn from the contexts of his family and social context, sanctified as a … his work in their historical, social and intellectual contexts. James Loeffler A.Z. and Zilla Idelsohn in Cincinnati, …
Betty Olivero
… compositional techniques; traditional melodies and texts undergo processes of development, adaptation, … to the point of assuming new forms in different contexts. These processes touch on wide and complex areas of …
14. Yĕṟuśalāyinnu Vannāno (The Song of Evaray)
An origin song of the Kerala Jews, recounting how a learned ancestor named Evarayi (…
Judeo-Spanish Traditions in Transition
… of collecting and broadcasting, a multitude of melodies and texts were passed on from individuals to the whole subgroup …
22. Misṟinnu Miṇṭatupolĕ (Redeemed from Egypt)
A plea for divine redemption, this song reviews in dramatic detail how the Jews were…