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Geraldine Auerbach replied to the topic COZ this comng week in the discussion
Jewish Music on Humanities Commons 5 years, 4 months agoDear Colleagues and Friends
Please join us for the next ‘Conversation on Zoom
COZ 13: Tuesday 15 Sept 2020
Yaakov Fisher
Who runs the
‘Spectacular World of Jewish Music’ festival in Israel
with
Andrew Hopkins, Alex Jacobs, Lawrence Jacobsof the Welsh Musical Theatre OrchestraDoes Musical Theatre Illuminate the Jewish Experience and ther…[Read more]
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Geraldine Auerbach started the topic Journal of Synagogue Music in the discussion
Jewish Music on Humanities Commons 5 years, 4 months agoThe latest issue of the Journal of Synagogue Music has just been published, and is available to all at https://www.cantors.org/journal-of-synagogue-music/
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Journal of Synagogue Music Archive | Cantors AssemblyJournal of Synagogue Music, September 2020 On the theory that knowledge grows the more it is shared, we encourage you to please…[Read more] -
Gregor M. Schwarb deposited A Hamaḏānian Patchwork in the group
Islamicate Studies on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months agoAmong the numerous Jewish uṣūl al-dīn compositions in the Second Firkovitch Collection at the Russian National Library in St. Petersburg there is one that I have labelled “A Hamaḏānian Patchwork”. You might just as well call it “A Persian Carpet”. It is another magnificent specimen of “diachronic intertextualities”.
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Marshall Portnoy replied to the topic IFJMS Newsletter in the discussion
Jewish Music via email on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months agoShalom, Geraldine.
I know that Cantor David Tilman has a discussion idea about which he would like me to interview him. Whom shall we approach?
Thanks, Marshall
Marshall Portnoy, Cantor Emeritus
Main Line Reform Temple
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Geraldine Auerbach started the topic IFJMS Newsletter in the discussion
Jewish Music on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months agoDear Colleagues and Friends
We have great pleasure in sending you Newsletter #2 of the newly formed International Forum for Jewish Music Studies IFJMS .
This Newsletter, which you will find attached as a pdf, features comments on the COZ programme from professor Eliyahu Schleifer and Dr Alexander Knapp. It also features every single one of the…[Read more]
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Geraldine Auerbach replied to the topic COZ this comng week in the discussion
Jewish Music on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months agoDear Colleagues and Friends who are members of the IFJMS Jewish Music Group on Humanities Commons
(Connect with us on Facebook here https://www.facebook.com/IFJMS/ )
Please join us for the next ‘Conversation on Zoom’
COZ 12: Tuesday 08 Sept 2020 Jerry Glantz with Cantor and composer Joseph Ness – who recomposed and orchestrated Leib Glan…[Read more]
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Lloyd Graham deposited The Magic Symbol Repertoire of Talismanic Rings from East and West Africa in the group
Islamicate Studies on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months agoIn West Africa, Berber groups such as the Tuareg use inscribed silver jewelry – rings, pendants and plaques – as talismans. A ring with a curved or flat frontal area may be inscribed with a linear cipher or, if large, carry a “magic square” design. A survey of 132 Tuareg/Berber items revealed that the symbol repertoire appears to be drawn from ov…[Read more]
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Narasimhananda Swami deposited The Psychology of the Gita in the group
Philosophy on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months agoe popular idea, especially among the young, is that religion and spirituality are things of the old age. We generally think that spirituality is a post-retirement plan; something which has to be enjoyed with the gratuity, provident fund, and pension that you get after retirement. This is not true. Spirituality is something we need when we are…[Read more]
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Geraldine Auerbach replied to the topic COZ this comng week in the discussion
Jewish Music on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months agoDear Colleagues and Friends – Please join us for the next ‘Conversation on Zoom’
(Connect with us on Facebook here https://www.facebook.com/IFJMS/)
COZ 11: Tuesday 01 Sept 2020Samuel Adler American composer, conductor, author, and professor. Over six decades he has served as a faculty member at both University of Rochester’s Eastman School…[Read more]
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Lloyd Graham deposited A comparison of the Seven Seals in Islamic esotericism and Jewish Kabbalah in the group
Islamicate Studies on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months agoIn Islamic mysticism and theurgy, the Seven Seals represent in graphic form the Greatest Name of God; in Jewish Kabbalah, the Seals bear individual Divine Names which collectively form a “Great Name.” We review and compare the primary interpretations and secondary associations for each Seal in Islam and Judaism, from which it is clear that the two…[Read more]
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Geraldine Auerbach replied to the topic COZ this comng week in the discussion
Jewish Music on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months agoIf you have ever sung in a Jewish choir, or other singing community, you will want to hear the ‘Conversation on Zoom’ This coming Tuesday 25 August, between Danielle Padley (Cambridge UK) and Rachel Adelstein (Connecticut) on Anglo-Jewish Singing Communities: Past, Present, and Future
(The International Forum for Jewish Music Studies has its…[Read more]
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Geraldine Auerbach replied to the topic COZ this comng week in the discussion
Jewish Music on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months agoDear Colleagues and Friends
Please join us for the next ‘Conversation on Zoom’ (COZ)
COZ 10: Tuesday 25 Aug 2020Dr Rachel Adelstein
Ethnomusicologist & Managing Editor, Musica Judaica Online Reviews with
Danielle Padley
Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of CambridgeAnglo-Jewish Singing Communities: Past, Present, and Futu…[Read more]
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Geraldine Auerbach replied to the topic COZ this comng week in the discussion
Jewish Music on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months agoDear Colleagues and Friends
The topic that Israeli classical singer/ Berlin Cantor, Mimi Sheffer and Israeli Pianist, Ofra Yitzhaki will address on Tuesday will be
Performing the music of one’s own people as part of a classical musician’s search for artistic identity
hope to see you there
‘Conversations on Zoom’Every Tuesday: 09:00 Pac…[Read more]
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Rebecca Zola started the topic New Books on Jewish Music Research in the discussion
Jewish Music on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months agoHi everyone,
I am the managing review editor for YUVAL online journal for Jewish Music research, based in Jerusalem, Israel, associated with the Jewish Music Research Centre. We are currently looking for recently published (within the last 3 years) scholarly books on Jewish music to write reviews for, and we are also looking for post-doc (and…[Read more]
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Geraldine Auerbach replied to the topic COZ this comng week in the discussion
Jewish Music on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months agoDear Colleagues and Friends
Please join us for the next ‘Conversation on Zoom’ (COZ)
COZ 9: Tuesday 18 August 2020
Cantor Mimi ShefferIsraeli born and trained classical singer Mimi became Cantor in New York and then of the New Synagogue Orianiernburger Strasse in Berlin
Dr Ofra Yitzhaki Pianist Doctorate from Juilliard & member of the f…[Read more]
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José Angel GARCÍA LANDA deposited Cada cual su Holocausto: La ‘metáfora del Holocausto’ in the group
Philosophy on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months agoSpanish abstract: Notas, debates y comentarios con ocasión del congreso The “Holocaust Metaphor” (La ́Metáfora del Holocausto ́), en la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la Universidad de Zaragoza (a finales de mayo de 2013). _________________________________________________________________________
English abstract: Notes, debates and comm…[Read more]
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Geraldine Auerbach replied to the topic COZ this comng week in the discussion
Jewish Music on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoPlease join for the next ‘Conversation on Zoom’ (COZ)
COZ 8: Tuesday 11 August 2020
David Fligg
Tutor in Academic Studies at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, and author of the 2019 Czech publication ( (Letter from Gideon), the first full-length biography on Klein in a quarter of a century
Eva Fox Gal
Daughter of Austrian com…[Read more]
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Geraldine Auerbach replied to the topic COZ this comng week in the discussion
Jewish Music on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoReminder: Tomorrow Mark Kligman will be in conversation the legendary Baruch Cohon
Mark Kligman
Professor of Ethnomusicology and Musicology, Herb Alpert School of Music UCLA and Director of Lowell Milken Fund for American Jewish Music in dialogue with
Baruch Cohon
Rabbi and cantor in California lecturer University of Judaism, Hebrew Union Musical…[Read more] -
Marshall Portnoy replied to the topic Composer in Focus in the discussion
Jewish Music via email on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoShalom, Geraldine. Is there a meeting tomorrow at Noon Eastern Tine? Thanks, Marshall
Hazzan Marshall Portnoy, Cantor Emeritus
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Geraldine Auerbach started the topic Composer in Focus in the discussion
Jewish Music on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoAre you a Composer of music pertinent to Jews?
We are offering a COZ slot on a Tuesday every couple of months, where composers can chat with a scholar or performer about their work.
If you are interested in such an opportunity, please pick a disucssion partner get in touch through this discussion group to fix a date. - Load More
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