Piyyut

Michelangelo, the headbutting prophet, and an ancient Aramaic prayer.

Daniel Lispon
March 15 2024 12:01AM

Memorialized in chronicles and poems.

Tamar Marvin
March 1 2024 12:01AM

Decrees of Christian emperors and declining knowledge of Hebrew.

Tamar Marvin
Feb. 13 2024 12:01AM

The legend of the Kalonymos family.

Tamar Marvin
Feb. 8 2024 12:01AM

Israel of Najara.

Edwin Seroussi
Nov. 20 2023 12:01AM

Even in the years of decline, the Land of Israel remained a center of Jewish creativity.

Tamar Marvin
July 31 2023 12:01AM

Literalism or literary style?

Yosef Lindell
Oct. 14 2022 12:01AM

A musical expert joins us to chat about one of the most important and unique figures in the world of Jewish music, and share some of his most captivating songs.

Aug. 12 2022 12:01AM

Saint Plato, the palimpsest, and the piyyutim.

Alexandra Trachsel
May 21 2021 12:01AM

An illuminated manuscript reflecting the Roman Jewish rite.

National Library of Israel
Feb. 14 2020 12:01AM

Liturgical tributes to the Hasmoneans in 7th-century Palestine.

Ophir Münz-Manor
Dec. 18 2017 12:01AM

Solomon ibn Gabirol’s azharot.

Ty Alhadeff
June 10 2016 12:01AM

The two cultures of Moroccan Jewry.

Samuel Torjman Thomas
April 13 2016 12:01AM

It was popular music then, and can be now.

Dec. 10 2015 12:01AM