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Mickey Katz
… Meyer Myron 'Mickey' Katz was an American musician and comedian who specialized in Jewish humor. Katz … for his parodies, but he created more traditional klezmer music as well. Although he was primarily a jazz musician, … on the Dog , Katz Pajamas and Simcha Time: Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs, and Brisses . Katz played with many …
Isaac Eliyahu Navon
… of Adrianpole excelled especially in Hebrew poetry and in music, two fields in which Isaac Eliyahu Navon excelled as … and Zabotinsky. An interesting anecdote recounts the wedding ceremony of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, which was held in … Palestine. He settled in Jerusalem and committed himself to music and poetry. He invested most of his time and fortune …
Ray Musiker
… Ray is the fourth generation in a family of Klezmer musicians. As a child, Ray learned to play Klezmer dance music at Jewish weddings. His parents immigrants to America from Northern … recorded several albums including Tzena, Tzena , and Jewish Wedding Dances . He also featured in the album Tanz with …
Yehiel 'Adaki
… 13 work was scarce for goldsmiths, and he began working at weddings, doing manual labor such as pumping water and cooking. In Sana'a, the weddings were spread out over two weeks, with various events … and studied their repertoire. He had a good voice and musical hearing, as well as a good memory and perception, …
Yaakov Mazor
… Studied Violin, Music Theory and Composition, at the Department of Theory, the Rubin Academy, Jerusalem. M.A. Musicology, Bar-Ilan University; M.A. thesis: The Role of Traditional Music in the Wedding of Georgian Jewish Community. Teacher of violin and …
Yael Shai
… doctoral thesis: the processes of change in the traditional musical repertoire of the wedding among the Jews of Khaban, Yemen. In 2001 Dr. Yael Shai was appointed as the chief supervisor of music education at the Ministry of Education. Full biography …