Liturgy
02/12/2015
Chanukah: the EIJM’s selection, 1st part
The feast of Chanukah is a time for joy and singing. Here is a selection of songs to listen to… and to sing along! Chanukah or “inauguration” in Hebrew celebrates …
30/11/2015
The cantor or chazan : a vector of synagogal chanting – Jacques Arnold
As part of the day of sudy Vox Aurea-Via Sacra 2014, dedicated to sacred Jewish music, Jacques Arnold, chazan, rabbi and member of the Jewish choir of France invites us …
19/10/2015
Shir Hodu – Jewish Songs from Bombay of the ’30s
“Shir Hodu” means in Hebrew “Song of India”. It also means “Song of praise”. This anthology features for the first time on a CD the most famous Indian singers from Bombay, in a historical performance of the 1930’s …
18/09/2015
Sebban, Zabulon (1911-1983)
Born on December 11, 1911 in Géryville, near Oran (Algeria), Zabulon Sebban lived a full life. With his wife, Odette Rachel Cherqui, he had seven children and was negotiator and …
03/09/2015
The Musaf service of Yom Kippur
MUSIQUES JUIVES D’HIER ET D’AUJOURD’HUI - TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 8, 2015, JUDAÏQUES FM (94.8), 21H05.Yom Kippur, translated in English by « Day of Atonement », is one of the holiest and most important days of the Jewish year. This solemn celebration closes Yamim Noraim period, the 10 days between the Jewish new year celebration Rosh Hashanah and the end of Yom Kippour …
29/07/2015
Le système cantilatoire de la Bible et son expression musicale dans les traditions juives des communautés méditerranéennes
A PhD by Mag Tayar, organist in the Grande Synagogue of Marseille and Doctor in musicology, dedicated to the cantillation system of the Bible in the Jewish traditions of Mediterranean cultures …
29/07/2015
Rapport entre la cantilation massorétique et la syntaxe biblique, compte tenu d’une nouvelle analyse formelle de la grammaire de la cantilation
A work of musical education by Daniel Karsenti dedicated to the study of cantillation system and the sequence of Biblical accents following the second Tiberian system …
10/03/2015
The chazan, the prayer and the synagogue’s chanting
MUSIQUES JUIVES D’HIER ET D’AUJOURD’HUI - TUESDAY MARCH 10, 2015, JUDAÏQUES FM (94.8), 21H05. As the bearer of the singing tradition of his synagogue, the chazan represents an extremely strong point of identity for the faithful …
11/12/2014
Alman, Samuel (1877-1947)
Samuel Alman was born in Sobolevka (Russia), in 1877. The sixth child of a family of 14 children, his father was a talmudist and musician, and his mother an amateur …