Religious poetry (Piyyutim)
30/10/2025
Piyyut and contemporary Israeli song
Piyyutim (religious poems) have had a significant influence on contemporary Israeli song …
16/01/2025
Baqqachot
On Saturday mornings in winter, before sunrise, Jews from the Maghreb and the Middle East gather at the synagogue to sing baqqachot, a set of liturgical, sometimes mystical poems …
15/01/2025
Discovering baqqachot
This playlist features recordings of Baqqachot songs from the Yerushalmi and Moroccan traditions …
13/01/2025
Shirat ha-Baqqashot according to the Moroccan rite
Ariel Danan, a skilled connoisseur of baqqashot, traces the history of this liturgical poetry and provides musical examples in the Moroccan tradition …
08/09/2020
The Selichot – סליחות
The Selichot are penitential prayers in which the worshipper implores forgiveness to God for the sins committed. This tradition is based on the Thirteen Attributes of Mercy which have been, …
30/01/2017
Hidden sides of Jewish music: Jews and Trouvères
Radio broadcast by Hélène Engel, on Radio SHALOM Montreal on February 3, 2015 …
05/04/2016
Six CD boxsets from the Jewish Research Music Centre of Jerusalem
The IEMJ recently received 6 boxed sets of CDs from the “Contemporary Jewish Music” and “Anthology of Musical Traditions in Israel” series, published by JMRC …
29/07/2015
Le Piyyut de David Hassine
This book is dedicated to David Hassine (1722-1792), one of the masters of liturgical Jewish Moroccan poetry, from which the piyyutim were known all around the world …