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22 produkter
Chai Noon
Jews and the Cinematic Wild West
Inbunden, 2025
500 kr
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Only a few Westerns contain explicitly Jewish stories or themes, and very rarely do Old West tales involve identifiably Jewish characters. Yet Jewish contributors have shaped the Western—once Hollywood’s most popular genre—ever since the silent era, both onscreen and offscreen, and some filmmakers …
Perspectives on Jewish Music
Secular and Sacred
Inbunden, 2009
1345 kr
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Perspectives on Jewish Music presents five unique and engaging explorations of Jewish music. Areas covered include self-expression in contemporary Jewish secular music, the rise of popular music in the American synagogue, the theological requirements of the cantor, the role of women in Sephardic …
Social Functions of Synagogue Song
A Durkheimian Approach
Inbunden, 2012
1345 kr
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Social Functions of Synagogue Song: A Durkheimian Approach by Jonathan L. Friedmann paints a detailed picture of the important role sacred music plays in Jewish religious communities. This study explores one possible way to approach the subject of music’s intimate connection with public worship: …
Quotations on Jewish Sacred Music
Inbunden, 2011
993 kr
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Quotations on Jewish Sacred Music is a collection of over 700 quotations culled from an array of sources, including rabbinic and theological texts, sociological and anthropological studies, and historical and musicological examinations. The book is divided into five chapters: What Is Jewish Music?; …
Quotations on Jewish Sacred Music
E-bok, 2011
1091 kr
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Quotations on Jewish Sacred Music is a collection of over 700 quotations culled from an array of sources, including rabbinic and theological texts, sociological and anthropological studies, and historical and musicological examinations. The book is divided into five chapters: What Is Jewish Music?; …
Emotions in Jewish Music
Personal and Scholarly Reflections
Inbunden, 2011
950 kr
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Emotions in Jewish Music is an insider’s view of music’s impact on Jewish devotion and identity. Written by cantors who have devoted themselves to the study and execution of Jewish music, the book’s six chapters explore a wide range of musical contexts and encounters. Topics include the spiritual …
Emotions in Jewish Music
Personal and Scholarly Reflections
E-bok, 2012
1013 kr
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Emotions in Jewish Music is an insider’s view of music’s impact on Jewish devotion and identity. Written by cantors who have devoted themselves to the study and execution of Jewish music, the book’s six chapters explore a wide range of musical contexts and encounters. Topics include the spiritual …
Synagogue Song
An Introduction to Concepts, Theories and Customs
Häftad, 2012
487 kr
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Throughout history, music has been a fixture of Jewish religious life. Musical references appear in biblical accounts of the Red Sea crossing and King Solomon's coronation, and music continues to play a central role in virtually every Jewish occasion. Through 100 brief chapters, this volume …
Music in Biblical Life
The Roles of Song in Ancient Israel
Häftad, 2013
487 kr
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Music was integral to the daily life of ancient Israel. It accompanied activities as diverse as manual labor and royal processionals. At key junctures and in core institutions, musical tones were used to deliver messages, convey emotions, strengthen communal bonds and establish human-divine …
Music in the Hebrew Bible
Understanding References in the Torah, Nevi'im and Ketuvim
Häftad, 2013
667 kr
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Music in the Hebrew Bible investigates musical citations in the Hebrew Bible and their relevance for our times. Most biblical musical references are addressed, either alone or as a grouping, and each is considered from a modern perspective. The book consists of one hundred brief essays divided into …
Music in Our Lives
Why We Listen, How It Works
Häftad, 2015
435 kr
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Music research has entered something of a Golden Age. Technological advances and scholarly inquiry have merged in interdisciplinary studies--drawing on psychology, neuroscience, evolutionary biology, anthropology and other fields--that illuminate the musical nature of our species. This volume …
Cantor William Sharlin
Musical Revolutionary of Reform Judaism
Häftad, 2019
502 kr
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William Sharlin (1920-2012) was a cantor, synagogue composer, teacher and musicologist. Raised in an Orthodox household, he turned toward Universalism and the liberal Reform movement. A member of the first graduating class of the first cantorial school in America, he was a founding member of the …
Goliath as Gentle Giant
Sympathetic Portrayals in Popular Culture
Inbunden, 2022
1134 kr
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In the Hebrew Bible and stories loyal to it, Goliath is the stereotypical giant of folklore: big, brash, violent, and dimwitted. Goliath as Gentle Giant sets out to rehabilitate the giant’s image by exploring the origins of the biblical behemoth, the limitations of the “underdog” metaphor, and the …
Songs of Sonderling
Commissioning Jewish Émigré Composers in Los Angeles, 1938-1945
Av Jonathan L. Friedmann, John F. Guest
Inbunden, 2021
422 kr
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Songs of Sonderling is the story of Jacob Sonderling's unique contributions to Jewish liturgical music. Rabbi Sonderling was many things: a descendant of Chassidic rebbes, a rationalist, a Reform rabbi, a Zionist, an army chaplain, a celebrated orator, an artistic soul. From his early career at the …
Jewish Historical Societies
Navigating the Professional-Amatuer Divide
Av Jonathan L. Friedmann, Joel Gereboff m. fl.
Inbunden, 2023
458 kr
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Since the early 1950s, local and regional historical societies have been an important part of the American Jewish landscape, providing community outreach, housing archives, fostering research, and publishing historical studies. This book charts the development, undertakings, successes, …
Songs of Sonderling
Commissioning Jewish Émigré Composers in Los Angeles, 1938-1945
Av Jonathan L. Friedmann, John F. Guest
Häftad, 2025
232 kr
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Songs of Sonderling is the story of Jacob Sonderling's unique contributions to Jewish liturgical music. Rabbi Sonderling was many things: a descendant of Chassidic rebbes, a rationalist, a Reform rabbi, a Zionist, an army chaplain, a celebrated orator, an artistic soul. From his early career at the …
Kinnor: The Biblical Lyre in Biblical History, Thought, and Culture
Av Jonathan L. Friedmann, Joel Gereboff
Häftad
310 kr
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Nondenominational Judaism
Av Jonathan L Friedmann, Joel Gereboff m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
421 kr
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Torah, Service, Deeds
Jewish Ethics in Transdenominational Perspectives
Av Jonathan L Friedmann, Joel Gereboff
Häftad, 2023
357 kr
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