… age seven onward, who traveled as a child from Mosul to Baghdad to study Iraqi maqam from the greatest singers of … “Fog al-Nakhal” from Bombay   Among the Jewish community of Baghdad, the melody of “Fog al-Nakhal” was also known as … conducted field recordings of Jewish immigrants from Baghdad to Bombay, including Jacob Baher in 1984, who moved …

… the tradition while listening to performances in homes and Baghdadi coffee houses. Shibith reportedly took the … and poetry to augment his education at a Jewish school in Baghdad.  We hear a familiar story: Shibith was requested to …

… to systematically document the musical traditions of the Baghdadi Jewish community. The collection includes synagogue … readings of sacred texts, providing valuable insight into Baghdadi Jewish heritage as preserved in … … Rosh HaShanah … Kriat Hatorah … Archival recordings … Baghdad … Bar Mitzva … Brit Milah … Chanukkah … Chazzan … …

… Allah hu) corresponds to the Judeo-Arabic version from Baghdad (see below). These puzzling details led to the … the ones from the ancient cities of Aleppo (Syria) and Baghdad (Iraq). The Arabic versions open “Min ye’elam umin … הוּא וּאָחֵד:   The second sharqi version, the one from Baghdad, is performed here by Hazzan David Huri (a most …

… קוֹנִי The piyyut Nahôn libbo by Rabbi Nissim Mazliah of Baghdad (end of the eighteen century to beginning of the …

… on in a variety of Eastern sources, notably Sefer haShirim (Baghdad, 1906) and Shirei Yisrael be-Eretz ha-Qedem … For example, the version from Sefer haShirim of Baghdad has an entirely different last stanza in comparison …

… He also composed from the piyyutim of Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Baghdad and Rabbi Yosef Mesas. He also composed many …

… and “Va-amartem ko le-hai” composed by Rabbi Yosef Haim of Baghdad (1835-1909), known as the Ben Ish H ay, one of the …

… In 1950, he studied at the renowned  Midrash Beth Zilkha in Baghdad  prior to his immigration to Israel in 1951. While in Baghdad, he studied violin at the Alliance School, turning … a profession, as did many other blind Jewish students in Baghdad. In Israel, Nehemiah raised an entire generation of …