Life Mordekhai Zeira was born in Kiev, Russia, in 1905. Although he was born to a…

The Jewish “troubadours” were wandering musicians active between the two World Wars in…

Nei’la is the fifth and last service of Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement). In contrast to…

… of eastern hazzanut . Among other songs Avidany wrote ‘Nagila be’oz banim uvanot.’ In Avidany’s opinion, the text …

… songs by Mizrahi and Amar are: Havivi Yah Havivi , Nagila Halleluyah , and Anna Behasdekha. Amar also set to …

… this journey he came back to the Kibbutz. One day, Ze'ev Havatzelet (Poet, folk dance choreographer and film … who could play. Their recruit was for a specific show which Havatzelet produced. Heiman received from Havatzelet the lyrics for the tune 'Le'an Noshevet Haruach,' …

Alexander Uriyah Boskovich (Cluj, Hungary, now Romania, 1907 – Tel-Aviv, 1964,…

Menashe Ravina was born in Pereyaslav, now part of Ukraine, to Elazar, a cantor and…

* This entry is a summarized version of the full artice about Israeli folksongs by…

Yosef Hadar was born in Tel Aviv in 1926 to a musical family. His mother Yafa and his…