… religious studies with general education, including French language classes. The curriculum encompassed Talmudic … to Ashkenazi cantorial traditions and acquired knowledge of Yiddish. After four years, he returned to Morocco and …

… its melody, one which I had learned in connection with the Yiddish song “Shnirele Perele.” In my initial exploration, I was sure that I had found a classic example of an old Yiddish melody that was reclaimed by Hebrewists in Europe or … of his own investigation into this melody (in its Yiddish language version), told me:   “I was thinking that actually …

… teaching and performing, and began to write music for the Yiddish Theater. In 1932 he was commissioned to compose … music ensembles and wrote music for Maurice Schwarz’s Yiddish Art Theatre and for synagogue services. In New York … by his persistent aspiration to create his own musical language. During his childhood, Achron absorbed the …

… The passing of the founder of the Yiddish theater spawned a touching emotional response by … sad rumor arrived that the founder of the Jewish theater in Yiddish, Abraham Goldfaden has died. And while all Jewish … was, as mentioned, the founder of the Jewish theatre in the language of exile [galut]. Now, after thirty years [since …

… pieces is easy to figure out due to the formulaic musical language of the period. Thus the addition of instrumental …

… I was surprised to hear them speaking in the Hebrew language and what amazed me even more was hearing the … attended as there were by that time several Hebrew and Yiddish plays on the subject. One sound possibility is the … the Ashkenazi community run by the Haredi community where Yiddish was spoken. See, Efraim Cohen Reiss, Mizikhronot Ish …

… in 1916, barely after mastering this country and its language. Avraham Soltes was well-designed to nurture … love- songs, Ladino prayer- songs, American folksongs, Yiddish lullabies, and Hebrew melodies; to his creative …

… (tunes). These were used mostly as marching tunes (in Yiddish: 'Gas Niggunim'), and less for dance. 1 The Israeli … no.2 ).   The Hora dance in Israel In the renewing Hebrew language, the term became a synonym to an Israeli circle …