Ozeri, Ahuva (1948-2016)
Ahuva Ozeri (אהובה עוזרי) was born on the March 3, 1948 in Tel Aviv in a Yemenite Jewish family. Her father passed away when she was four years old. She
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The EIJM’s Gala Concert – 5th edition – From the synagogue to the opera : Jacques Offenbach and friends
SUNDAY 17th NOVEMBER 2019, 17 :30 Salle Cortot – 78 rue Cardinet, 75017 Paris From the synagogue à l’opéra : Jacques Offenbach and friends Original Hebrew works by
Gerovitch, Eliezer (1844-1914)
Born in Kitaigorod, in the province of Kiev, in Russia, in 1844, Eliezer Mordechai ben Yitschak Gerovitch received a religious education in various Yeshivoth (institutions that provided a thorough teaching
Colloque international “Jacques Offenbach, musicien européen” – 1ère partie
International symposium for Offenbach’s bicentennial organized in Cologne (June 19-20, Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln) and Paris (June 21-22, Opéra Comique). Researchers from all over Europe will gather to
The music of the Ethiopian Jews, the Beta Israel
A historic, liturgic and musicologic analysis of the music of the Beta Israel, inspired from the works by Simha Arom, Frank Alvarez-Pereyre, Shoshana Ben-Dor and Olivier Tourny. It is in
Horse Raddish – Haskalah
HASKALAHThe name of this album is taken from the movement initiated by Moses Mendelssohn in the middle of the XVIIIth century. It evokes the Enlightment period through the filter of
Alliance Israélite Universelle
The Alliance Israelite Universelle was founded in Paris in 1860. Dedicated to the defence of the Jews and the promotion of human rights, it has, over the years, changed into
Üsküdara – Fel shara – Terk in America – Et cetera
Üsküdara giderik’en is a song taken from a Turkish operetta of the end of the 19th century, which was translated or adapted in dozens of languages (Judeo-Spanish, Serbian, Croationa, Greek,
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Ben Yosef, Benyamin Rafael (1870-1928)
Benyamin Rafael ben Yosef was born in 1870 in Adrianople (today Edirne), in Turkey. He comes, on his mother’s side, from a lineage of rabbis, among them Behmohar Rafael (1815-1878),