… … Let Jasmine Rain Down: Song and Remembrance among Syrian Jews …

… and recordings, especially those by the charismatic Syrian singer Sabah Fakhri. [3]  Born in Aleppo in 1933, Fakhri has contributed to the revival of Syrian folk music in a career spanning over fifty years. He … legacy has been erased from the Iraqi soundscape after the Jews of Baghdad were disenfranchised and forced to move from …

… Also exists in German and Hebrew. Music of Babylonian Jews (and Kurdish Jews). Includes an introductory essay on their customs, their language (in comparison to Syrian pronunciation of Hebrew), and their music (modes, …

… Also exists in English and Hebrew. Music of Babylonian Jews (and Kurdish Jews). Includes an introductory essay on their customs, their language (in comparison to Syrian pronunciation of Hebrew), and their music (modes, …

… Maqamat in the Sabbath Morning Liturgical Music of the Syrian Jews in Brooklyn …

… Also exists in German and English. Music of Babylonian Jews (and Kurdish Jews). Includes an introductory essay on their customs, their language (in comparison to Syrian pronunciation of Hebrew), and their music (modes, …

… Discusses 'Pizmon: Syrian-Jewish religious and social song' (Meadowlark 105, … Pizmon (pizmonim, pl.) is the term employed by the Syrian Jews to denote a Hebrew song in praise of God, whose …

A "play song" from Kochi, in the form of a dialogue between the bride and a cuckoo bird…

… with roots in the sixteenth century that continues amongst Syrian Jews today (Kligman 2009; Shelemay 1998). “ Yom Yom Odeh ” … four hundred pizmonim. Many of them continue to be sung by Syrian Jews around the world, where Taboush’s legacy, his …

… the Canonization of the Maqamat in the Prayers of the Syrian Jews in Brooklyn, New York …