Mark Your Calendar for these Upcoming Jewish Music Forum Events!

Between Tradition and Transformation: Shabbat Musical Practice in the Jewish Community of Istanbul
with Dr. Joseph Alpar
November 19, 2019
12 noon
Columbia University, 617 Kent Hall (near corner of Amsterdam and 116th St.)
At this presentation, which will include musical performances, ethnomusicologist Dr. Joseph Alpar will explore ongoing transformations in the sacred musical repertoires, and the religious identities that they represent, in Istanbul's contemporary Jewish community.
Co-sponsored by the Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies at Columbia University and the Sakıp Sabancı Center for Turkish Studies at Columbia University.
Click HERE to register.
All Jewish Music Forum Programs are free and open to the public.
with Dr. Joseph Alpar
November 19, 2019
12 noon
Columbia University, 617 Kent Hall (near corner of Amsterdam and 116th St.)
At this presentation, which will include musical performances, ethnomusicologist Dr. Joseph Alpar will explore ongoing transformations in the sacred musical repertoires, and the religious identities that they represent, in Istanbul's contemporary Jewish community.
Co-sponsored by the Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies at Columbia University and the Sakıp Sabancı Center for Turkish Studies at Columbia University.
Click HERE to register.
All Jewish Music Forum Programs are free and open to the public.

Laughter through Tears: Reconstructing the Lost Jewish Art of Badkhones
Joshua Horowitz, musician and independent scholar (Berkeley, CA)
James Loeffler, Corcoran Dept. of History
Joel Rubin, McIntire Dept. of Music
Nov. 20, 12PM
Univ. of Virginia
New Cabell Hall 236
For centuries, Jewish weddings in Eastern Europe featured the unique art of the badkhn, the professional Jewish wedding jester. Poorly documented and little studied, this tradition, part liturgical, part comedic, remains a crucial key to understanding classical Ashkenazi Jewish culture. This colloquium will feature historical examples followed by discussion from ethnomusicological and historical perspectives based on individual fieldwork and archival research. Click HERE for more information.
This event is co-sponsored by the UVA Jewish Studies Program, McIntire Department of Music, and the Jewish Music Forum.
Joshua Horowitz, musician and independent scholar (Berkeley, CA)
James Loeffler, Corcoran Dept. of History
Joel Rubin, McIntire Dept. of Music
Nov. 20, 12PM
Univ. of Virginia
New Cabell Hall 236
For centuries, Jewish weddings in Eastern Europe featured the unique art of the badkhn, the professional Jewish wedding jester. Poorly documented and little studied, this tradition, part liturgical, part comedic, remains a crucial key to understanding classical Ashkenazi Jewish culture. This colloquium will feature historical examples followed by discussion from ethnomusicological and historical perspectives based on individual fieldwork and archival research. Click HERE for more information.
This event is co-sponsored by the UVA Jewish Studies Program, McIntire Department of Music, and the Jewish Music Forum.
The Jewish Music Forum is a project of the American Society for Jewish Music,
with the support of the American Jewish Historical Society
and the Center for Jewish History.
Founded in 2004, the Jewish Music Forum is now in its fifteenth season in 2018-19.
All programs of the Jewish Music Forum are free and open to the public.
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