This Purim song, popular among the Sephardic and Italki communities of Livorno, can be sung to the melody of “Akh, Zeh Hayom Kiviti.” Like a lot of Italian Purim content, a large portion of it is listing different desserts. . . .
This somewhat crude Purim song is sung in many variants in the Moroccan and Gibraltar Sephardic communities, often to the tune of the popular Purim hymn “Akh Ze Hayom Kiviti.” . . .
“Purim Kirtan” is a traditional Purim song of the Bene Israel community of Mumbai, India. Many thanks to our friends at the Jewish Language Project and to their team member Jacob Kohn for recording, transcribing, and translating the song as sung by Rivkah Moshe. . . .
Originally composed by Rabbi/Cantor Eva Robbins for her ordination at the Academy for Jewish Religion, California, in 2015, this responsive reading is intended to prepare oneself for a deeper connection before chanting the Shema. It can be used alone or in community. . . .
Isles Of The Forsaken (ink drawing, 2002) is intended to address the tragic situation of many Jewish women, who, abused, abandoned and wishing a divorce, are refused a get (bill of divorcement) by their husbands who may use their wives’ need for this document as a threat for ransom in obtaining custody of their children. . . .
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 28 March 1985. . . .
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 2 April 1984. . . .
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 8 March 1984. . . .
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 30 March 1982. . . .
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 16 March 1982. . . .
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 19 March 1981. . . .
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 18 March 1980. . . .
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 13 March 1980. . . .
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 27 March 1979. . . .
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 27 March 1979. . . .
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 8 March 1979. . . .
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 4 April 1978. . . .
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 16 March 1978. . . .
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 2 March 1978. . . .
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 17 March 1977. . . .
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 25 March 1976. . . .
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 20 March 1975. . . .
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 15 March 1973. . . .
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 13 March 1969. . . .
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 1 April 1968. . . .
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 21 March 1966. . . .
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 18 March 1965. . . .
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 25 March 1963. . . .
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 28 March 1962. . . .
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 29 March 1960. . . .
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 7 March 1950. . . .
A Friday night siddur compiled by two Conservative movement rabbis for use in traditional leaning congregations familiar with Reform movement arrangements. Besides containing four alternative services for Friday nights, the prayerbook also contains extensive musical notation for congregational participation in singing liturgical melodies and hymns. . . .
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 26 March 1935. . . .
The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 25 March 1935. . . .
This prayer for “The Child’s Al Chet” by Rabbi Abraham Cronbach is found in his, Prayers of the Jewish Advance (1924), on pages 124-126. . . .
This prayer for “The Sabbath” by Rabbi Abraham Cronbach is found in his, Prayers of the Jewish Advance (1924), on pages 69-72. . . .
This prayer for “The Feast of Light and Dedication” by Rabbi Abraham Cronbach is found in his, Prayers of the Jewish Advance (1924), on pages 37-39. . . .
Titled, “Our Contemners ,” this prayer from Rabbi Abraham Cronbach is the second in his collection of prayer, Prayers of the Jewish Advance (1924), on pages 8 through 11. . . .
Titled, “I Seek,” this prayer from Rabbi Abraham Cronbach concludes his collection of prayer, Prayers of the Jewish Advance (1924), on page 128. . . .
This prayer for “Purim, the Feast of Mirth” by Rabbi Abraham Cronbach is found in his, Prayers of the Jewish Advance (1924), on pages 43-46. . . .
Titled, “The Decline of Religious Observance,” this prayer from Rabbi Abraham Cronbach open’s his collection of prayer, Prayers of the Jewish Advance (1924), on pages 2 through 5. . . .
This is a collection of forty prayers and twelve short essays/addresses in English by Rabbi Abraham Cronbach, Prayers of the Jewish Advance (1924). The work contains two opening prayers and one closing prayer (i.e., the “Prayers of the Jewish Advance”), prayers for ten days on the festival calendar including the Sabbath, a full confirmation service with seven prayers, and twenty miscellaneous prayers. The full program and notes to the Confirmation Service append the work. . . .
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This prayer for “After the Epidemic [of 1918]” by Rabbi Abraham Cronbach is found in his, Prayers of the Jewish Advance (1924), on page 127. . . .
A revolutionary socialist, Yiddish adaptation of Hallel. . . .
A prayerbook prepared by Rabbi Edward B.M. Browne according to the Reform movement custom of Temple Gates of Hope (now Prospect Park Synagogue) in 1885. . . .
This is a parody riffing on the piyyut Yom Zeh Mekhubad for Purim by Avraham Menaḥem Mendel Mohr from his Kol Bo l’Purim (1855) transcribed and translated from Hebrew into English by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer. . . .
This is the Shir haMa’alot for a Woman Giving Birth on Purim (a parody of a birth amulet) by Avraham Menaḥem Mendel Mohr from his Kol Bo l’Purim (1855) transcribed and translated from Aramaic into English by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer. . . .
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This is the Aqdamut for Purim by Avraham Menaḥem Mendel Mohr from his Kol Bo l’Purim (1855) transcribed and translated from Aramaic into English by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer. . . .
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