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28/05/2025
Halphen, Georges (1913-2003)
Son of Fernand Halphen (1872-1917) and Alice de Koenigswarter (1878-1963), Georges Halphen was a passionate art collector, fully involved in public life …
19/05/2025
The great tunes of the Ashkenazi liturgical year
Watch the concert held on October 21, 2024 at the rue Copernic synagogue, at 8pm, as part of the closing session of the Symposium Ashkenazi music in France, at concerts or in synagogue - State of the art, origins, influences, traditions and (re)creations …
18/05/2025
Ashkenazi liturgical music in France
Lectures filmed on October 21, 2024 at the Auditorium of the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (INALCO - Paris), as part of the Symposium Ashkenazi music in France, at concerts or in synagogue - State of the art, origins, influences, traditions and (re)creations …
18/05/2025
Klezmer music in France
Lectures filmed on October 20, 2024 at the Auditorium of the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme (Paris), as part of the Symposium Ashkenazi music in France, at concerts or in synagogue - State of the art, origins, influences, traditions and (re)creations …
15/05/2025
Yiddish song in France
Lectures filmed on October 20, 2024 at the Auditorium of the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme (Paris), as part of the Symposium Ashkenazi music in France, at concerts or in synagogue - State of the art, origins, influences, traditions and (re)creations …
08/05/2025
Death and mourning
As at all stages of Jewish life, the end of life and the mourning that follows are accompanied by rituals combining liturgical texts, symbolic gestures and sometimes, but more rarely, music …
07/05/2025
Religious Initiation (Bat and Bar Mitzvah)
The Bat or Bar Mitzvah marks the entry of boys and girls into religious adulthood. This religious initiation ceremony is marked by many liturgical and musical moments …
06/05/2025
Circumcision (Brit-Milah)
On the eighth day of life, the boys' circumcision is accompanied by poetic songs celebrating their entry into the Abrahamic Covenant …
16/04/2025
Holocaust Songs of the Greek Jews
This book presents for the first time 16 songs written or performed by Greek Jews during or after the Holocaust …
27/03/2025
Michel Heymann and the Ashkenazi liturgy of the Rhine Valley
In the “Life courses” series, Michel Heymann, one of the last representatives of Ashkenazi liturgy in the Rhine Valley, recounts his 50-year career as a cantor in the Alsatian and Luxembourg communities …