Sephardic Traditions

 

The Mountain, the Desert, and the Pomegranate

 

 

 

Stories from Morocco and Beyond

Vanessa Paloma

In The Mountain, the Desert and the Pomegranate Vanessa Paloma looks at the mysteries and complexities of life on multiple levels. Spirituality and felt perceptions influence what we see, hear, and do. From coyotes that join in a chorus backing up the soprano singing in the desert to the pomegranate and the Berbers who live in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco and geckos that live in towers in Casablanca, life is full of mysteries. In this book Paloma explores that promise in life.

 

 

JEWS UNDER MOROCCAN SKIES

 

Raphael Elmaleh and George Ricketts tell the story of 2,000 years of Jewish life in Morocco town by town, and they describe the dramatic Diaspora in recent decades.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moroccan Sephardic Romancero

 

Anthology of an Oral Tradition

Susana Weich-Shahak has prepared the most complete collection of Moroccan Sephardic ballads. With musical notations and texts this allows anyone to understand the significance of Jewish ballads in Morocco, which are sung by women.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sephardic Legacy

 

Songs and Stories from Jewish Spain

William Samelson

Dr. Samelson has written a history of the Sephardic people and includes one of the most complete collections of Judeo-Spanish songs and stories that have been preserved in Turkey.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cantos Judeo-espanoles

 

 

Simbologia Poetica y Vision del Mundo

Silvia Hamui Sutton

This is a study of the poetry and world view in Judeo-Spanish songs by an ethnomusicologist, including the role of the songs in life cycle events.