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Haifa 1 Elul, 5724
August 9, 1964
To: His Excellency David Ben-Gurion
Sde Boker
Dear Sir,
From your letter of May 19, 1964, I understood that you wish to avoid a comprehensive discussion of the…
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David Ben-Gurion, Elie Eliachar
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Sde Boker, Israel
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1964
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Let us begin with the most basic questions: Can oral traditions of music constitute a reliable source for historical research? While this question is applicable to most music…
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Edwin Seroussi
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Ramat Gan, Israel
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1996
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“Practically everyone has seen the prize-winning musical about the lovable people in that little village in Old Russia called Anetevka [sic]. Well, as far as we’re concerned, ‘Fiddler’ made a goof!” M…
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Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett
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New York, United States of America
Date:
2001
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Any public Jewish institution that is inextricably tied to the greater Jewish community can only express its deep sorrow as it looks back over the past year. Hundreds of thousands of our brethren, the…
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Fülöp Grünwald
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Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary
(Budapest, Hungary)
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1943
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Charity is only one part of maasim tovim, but it is a very important part. The most popular word for it in the shtetl is tsdokeh. This is one of the Hebrew words which have been incorporated into the…
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Mark Zborowski, Elizabeth Herzog
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1952
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Free of any preoccupations, I allowed myself to seek out and investigate the Jews, their manners and customs. They are good-hearted folk, charitable and hospitable to strangers. They honor the Torah…
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Samuel Romanelli
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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
(Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1792
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What we now routinely call klezmer in the United States—“Do you play klezmer?” “There’s a new klezmer album out”—is a truly American construct in three ways: the word sidesteps aesthetic and political…
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Mark Slobin
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Middletown, United States of America
Date:
2002
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Johannes Alexander Böner
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Fürth, Holy Roman Empire
(Fürth, Germany)
Date:
1705
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The first issue that should have occurred to a European-born, reality-sensitive composer upon immigration to the Land of Israel is: Is the musical…
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Alexander Uriah Boskowicz
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Tel Aviv, Israel
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1953
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[ . . . ] [A]n attempt will be made to present the history of the Jews of the African Maghreb, a large, well-defined diaspora which in some respects is different from other Jewish groups generally and…
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Ḥaim Zeev Hirschberg
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1965