… destructive in scale, the fire came as a great blow to the Jewish community living in Saloniki at the time. The fire … tens of thousands of Jews homeless and consumed most of the Jewish neighborhood in the old city, including areas of … offers poetic commentary on historical events and Jewish festivities of the yearly cycle. Susana Weich-Shahak defines …

… Tzefira knew from her childhood including Sephardic songs, Jewish songs from Yemen, Persia, and Bukhara, as well as … continued collecting songs and melodies from oriental Jewish communities, Bedouins, and Arabs, which were then … to sing her their songs, and she participated in local festivities. She was also helped by experts such as Yehiel …

… and his authority is expressed in matters connected to Jewish law (Hallakha). He conducts marriages, signs on divorces, and is the address for questions concerning Jewish practices, Kosher problems, and questions pertaining … every public feast (Tish; see: Tish ) held by him. During festivities, such as weddings in the rabbi's family, all of …

… library at the New York campus of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, was “Six Songs from the Jewish Homeland, Arranged for Mixed Voices.” [2] This … songs and bonfires. A central musical figure at these Meron festivities for some time now has been a klezmer clarinetist …

… the definite form of this dance. It occurs frequently in Jewish dances, but as a phenomenon of an improvisational … Litvin 1917, p. 4 .  “...After havdole another round of the festivities began with the rebbe distributing more cake and … part of the melody is from Meir Noy, as he heard it at Jewish weddings in Kolomeyke ( nign ‘mazl-tov’ )...” …

… this romance is fondly remembered and performed around the festivities of Passover and Shavuoth due to its content …

… singular khusid ] were cornerstones of Leon’s old-time, Jewish dance repertoire. He often referred to them as a … [ mitsve dance], alluding to their frequent use at Jewish weddings to accompany the mitsve [ritual … of music from the orchestra. During the wedding festivities, which lasted seven days, guests and neighbors …

… as early as 1927 in a collection of Lithuanian Jewish tunes (Bernstein [1927] 1958, #95), in which it is … is highlighted: Textless songs have probably been common in Jewish life for a long time. This could be connected with … they were later performed instrumentally at Hasidic festivities due to their popularity. And yet, this nign’s …

… subscribed to the Academy of Cinema. There he worked in the Jewish Agency. After a few years, Heiman met with a Swiss … he was the artistic manager of the Hebrew Folk Singing Festivities in Arad for three years. This is what Heiman …