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      Jewish Gold Country

      Jonathan L Friedmann

      The discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma on January 24, 1848, initiated one of the largest migrations in US history. Between 1849 and 1855, hundreds of thousands of…

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      Jewish Los Angeles

      Jonathan L Friedmann

      The first known Jewish resident of the Mexican Pueblo de Los ngeles arrived in 1841. When California entered the Union in 1850, the census listed just eight Jews living in…

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      Cantor William Sharlin: Musical Revolutionary of Reform Judaism

      Jonathan L. Friedmann

      William Sharlin was a cantor, synagogue composer, teacher and musicologist. Raised in an Orthodox household, he turned toward Universalism and the liberal Reform movement. Drawing on interviews conducted with Sharlin…

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      Jewish Los Angeles

      Jonathan L Friedmann

      The first known Jewish resident of the Mexican Pueblo de Los Angeles arrived in 1841. When California entered the Union in 1850, the census listed just eight Jews living in…

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      Musical Aesthetics: An Introduction to Concepts, Theories, and Functions

      Jonathan L. Friedmann

      This book contains six chapters covering key areas of musical aesthetics, including aesthetics of emotions; aesthetics of listening; aesthetics of performance; aesthetics of composition; aesthetics of nature; and aesthetics of…

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      The Value of Sacred Music: An Anthology of Essential Writings, 1801-1918

      Jonathan L. Friedmann

      Presents a collection of historically valuable essays that focuses on the purpose and function of sacred music. This title includes essays that explore issues of historicity, spirituality, standardization and other…

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      Music in Jewish Thought: Selected Writings, 1890-1920

      With the nineteenth century came new freedom for European Jews. This book focuses on Jewish musicology, biography, historical surveys, secular music and those songs performed in the synagogue.

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      Qol Tamid: The Shofar in Ritual, History, and Culture

      Jonathan L Friedmann

      From biblical times until today the shofar has served an array of practical purposes and communicated a range of symbolic meanings. The roughly seventy references to the shofar in the…

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      Social Functions of Synagogue Song: A Durkheimian Approach

      Jonathan L. Friedmann

      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. Drawing upon the…

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      Quotations on Jewish Sacred Music

      Jonathan L. Friedmann

      Quotations on Jewish Sacred Musicis 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…

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      Synagogue Song: An Introduction to Concepts, Theories and Customs

      Jonathan L. Friedmann

      This book introduces theoretical approaches to the study of Jewish sacred music. Major topics include the diversity of Jewish music, the interaction of music and identity, the emotional and spiritual…

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      Music in the Hebrew Bible: Understanding References in the Torah, Nevi'im and Ketuvim

      Jonathan L. Friedmann

      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…

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      Music in Our Lives: Why We Listen, How It Works

      Jonathan L. Friedmann

      We are in something of a golden age of music research. Technological advances have merged with philosophical interests to produce an array of distinct yet converging studies illuminating the musical…

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      Goliath as Gentle Giant: Sympathetic Portrayals in Popular Culture

      Jonathan L. Friedmann

      Goliath as Gentle Giant cuts through biblical biases and post-biblical images and considers sensitive and more nuanced portrayals of the giant in popular media, offering revisionist retellings of Goliath that…

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      Music in Biblical Life: The Roles of Song in Ancient Israel

      Jonathan L. Friedmann

      Explores the intricate and multifaceted nature of biblical music through a detailed look into four major episodes and genres: the Song of the Sea (Exod. 15), King Saul and David’s…

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      Emotions in Jewish Music: Personal and Scholarly Reflections

      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…

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      Music, Theology and Worship: Selected Writings, 1841-1896

      Jonathan L. Friedmann

      This offers a representative collection of insightful essays about devotional music from nineteenth-century scholars and practitioners. Addressing the social and theological import of church music, it also explores the divine…

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      Jewish Gold Country

      Jonathan L Friedmann

      The discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma on January 24, 1848, initiated one of the largest migrations in US history. Between 1849 and 1855, hundreds of thousands of…

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      Kinnor: The Biblical Lyre in Biblical History, Thought, and Culture

      Jonathan L Friedmann

      The kinnor (biblical lyre) is an important and multivalent symbol in Jewish and Christian thought and artistic expression. This collection of scholarly essays brings together interdisciplinary perspectives on the venerated…

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      Torah, Service, Deeds

      As the twenty-first century continues to bring rapid changes to Judaism and Jewish affiliation, and as major challenges continue to mount within and well beyond the Jewish world, effective leadership…

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      Jewish Historical Societies

      Jonathan L. Friedmann, Joel Gereboff

      A scholarly examination of local and regional Jewish historical societies in the United States that considers their contribution to historical memory and suggests what they might offer to the future.

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      Nondenominational Judaism

      Nondenominational Judaism collects essays from faculty, administrators, and alumni from the Academy for Jewish Religion California and other institutions engaged in pluralistic, nondenominational, and transdenominational Jewish professional and higher education.

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      Songs of Sonderling: Commissioning Jewish Emigre Composers in Los Angeles, 1938-1945

      Jonathan L. Friedmann,John F. Guest

      Tells the story of Jacob Sonderling’s unique contributions to Jewish liturgical music. Jonathan Friedmann and John Guest document and analyze Sonderling’s experience and expression of Judaism through music.

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      Perspectives on Jewish Music: Secular and Sacred

      Perspectives on Jewish Music presents the research and reflections of leading scholars and practitioners of Jewish secular and sacred music. The book’s wide-ranging topics are examined from a variety of…

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