Research on the image of the Jew in eighteenth-century literature and theater has not…

Salcia Weinberg (Shure Licht) was born in 1878 in Przemysl, Austro-Hungarian Galicia.…

This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT…

… Orthodox Chief Rabbinate. Initially the Rabbinate required rituals of pro forma “conversions” from the immigrants and, importantly, it disempowered the spiritual leadership of the community (the priests— qessotch in … this interest. Kay Kaufman Shelemay’s groundbreaking Music, Ritual and Falasha History (1986) situated Falasha liturgy …

… music which moves from deeply meditative music to fast spiritual dance music.   Songs that appear in the film: Bar Yo …

… includes synagogue liturgy, life cycle songs, domestic rituals, and readings of sacred texts, providing valuable …

… song was associated with the wedding events at the mikveh (ritual bath), an interpretation that makes sense given the …

Bessie Weissman (Bain) was born into a Yiddish theater family in New York and became the…

… include the complete repertoire of Judeo-Spanish songs for rituals of the Jewish year cycle. … Ladino, Ladino - …

… at Meron, such as those connected to processions and other ritual moments during the pilgrimage, they are -- according …