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Salim Shibith (Salim Ha-Cohen)
… Arabic literature and poetry to augment his education at a Jewish school in Baghdad. We hear a familiar story: Shibith was requested to complete a performance at a Jewish club one evening when al-Qundarji became too … maqam rast performance , read The Urban Repertoire of Jewish Professional Musicians in Iraq and Israel: …
Mordkhe Shekhter
… 1927, in Czernowitz, Ukraine. He descended from a secular Jewish family. Until 1940 he was a pupil in a Romanian … During this period, he worked for the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, as a zamler , or collector, for the YIVO … Early Childhood: An English-Yiddish Dictionary (1991), The History of the Standardized Yiddish Spelling (1999), …
Ethiopian Jews in Israel - a Musical Ethnography
… volunteer in Meseret , a center that supported traditional Jewish-Ethiopian crafts (weaving, pottery, basketry) and … around an absorption center ( merkaz klita ), where new Jewish immigrants are housed, taught Hebrew, supported in … the qessim ’s authority. … Questions about the origins, history and (pre-halakhic) Judaism of Beta Israel had also …
In Zaltsikn Yam - A Yiddish Workers' Song
… 720 … In honor of May Day and the tradition of Jewish political radicalism in late nineteenth-century … 1901 by S. An-sky (Shloyme Zanvl Rappoport [1863-1920]) the Jewish writer, ethnographer, poet, and radical. The song's … wherever they live, and wherever they have a cultural history rather than immigrate to Palestine. This concept was …
Sara Levi-Tanai
… to dance and theater in Israel. Her works, deeply rooted in Jewish and Yemenite traditions, significantly shaped … Levi-Tanai was born in Jerusalem to a family of Yemenite Jewish immigrants. Her parents emigrated from Yemen as part … mark on Israeli culture, making her a pivotal figure in the history of Israeli performing arts. Her artistic vision and …

The "Proclamation Style" in Hebrew
… and it is not known whether they are prevalent in other Jewish musical traditions. Although previously narrow … can be accessed here. … 3 … 3 … 2 … Yuval Studies of The Jewish Music Research Centre … Yuval Studies of The Jewish Music Research Centre … 37430 … 249-250 … Jerusalem … …
Aharon Amram
… with Sana'a's best teachers, while also learning Math, History and Hebrew in a Jewish school. In 1950, as part of 'Operation Magic Carpet' … hits and are considered today to be authentic sources of Jewish Yemenite singing in Israel. The most famous of these …
The Jazz Singer
… young Jakie Rabinowitz defying the traditions of his devout Jewish family by singing popular tunes in a beer hall. …
8-11. El nacimiento de Abraham- version 4: Cuando el rey Nimrod
… he looked up to the sky and saw a “holy light” in the Jewish quarter, announcing that Abraham was to be born. …
Mordekhai Zeira
… and through his sister's playing. He was also exposed to Jewish melodies, while accompanying his father to the … . Many of their songs played a documentary role in the history of the Hebrew settlement in Israel. In an interview, … In his songs, Zeira transmits a vast narrative of the [Jewish] people in Israel: Lemoladeti , Havo Lebanim , 'Al …