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Join us for a a special Shabbat performance with Samuel Torjman Thomas and Jeremy Brown! Samuel Torjman Thomas, PhD ethnomusicologist and multi-instrumentalist Dr. Torjman Thomas is... Read More

The role of music has been central to defining a new diaspora identity within the Jewish community. For Moroccan Jews in one synagogue community in... Read More

Exploring different areas of Moroccan and Algerian Jewish musical life, including liturgical, para-liturgical, and secular performance in a hybrid lecture–demonstration. Oct. 24, 2021, 2:00pm (PST),... Read More

Explore the inner-workings of Mizraḥi (Eastern) Jewish musical culture. On ZOOM!

“Musical Intersections in Muslim and Jewish Cultures” on ZOOM, is a performance-lecture exploring the role of music in Judeo-Muslim approaches to ritual practice, philosophy, theology,... Read More

KLEZMERICA: Jewish Invention and Repackaging of the Instrumental Jam. A live trio performance and discussion on ZOOM, exploring the antecedents and developments of Klezmer-tinged music... Read More

Trio performance: Samuel Torjman Thomas, oud/vocals/sax/nay; Salah Rhani, violin; Dror Sinai, percussion ASEFA (meaning “gathering”) is led by ethnomusicologist and multi-instrumentalist Samuel Torjman Thomas, Ph.D. Blending vocals, oud,... Read More

Musical Shabbaton at Society Hill Synagogue, with programming on piyyutim and Sephardic history and thought. Musical post-Shabbat performance co-sponsored by Society Hill Synagogue and Beth... Read More