… wandering and ended in personal suffering. What is missing from our understanding of Idelsohn is his connection to … Africa, and Midwestern American Reform Judaism. What is missing is a picture of the husband and father, friend and … taking a walk with us and bought various sweets for us along the way. While he was staying with us, my younger …

A unique genre in the Sephardic Jews musical tradition. A narrative poem, a ballad,…

A second Aliya (1904-1914) song which became an integral part of the historical…

… musical education in Munich where he was recruited to sing in Maier Kohn ’s synagogue choir.  Naumbourg’s early … the material and released 30 of the 33 original pieces, along with a selection of Rossi’s madrigals under the title  … Cantiques de Salamon Rossi.     … Composer, Synagogue singer, Musicologist, French Jewish reformer of synagogue …

Directed by Joshua Waletzky This film discusses the history and culture of Polish Jews…

… a collective folk-expression which derived from the need to sing for the dance and to dance for the song. The social …

… in Hebrew and Arabic. This recording features Zadok Zubeiri sings the first stanza and the second part of the third …

… Espagnole de Salonique (CES), a studio ensemble comprising the most popular Sephardic singers of Salonica. It was still mentioned in an article in … Archive includes another recording of the song, this one by singer Elie Cohen. He recorded a slightly shorter version of …

… In spite of his unparalleled fame as a singer and musician during his lifetime, very few details … to Israel.             Haim was a quintessential Sephardi singer of his period, a critical era of deep social and … Judeo-Spanish; Turkish; Arabic; and modern Hebrew, along with his command of the religious Hebrew repertoire. …