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MJOR is an open-access online reviews journal that chronicles all forms of Jewish musical expression.

Musica Judaica Online Reviews is an open-access online journal that publishes reviews of books, films, programs, and recordings chronicling all forms of Jewish musical expression. Our reviews appear on the MJOR website, in Musica Judaica’s print journal, and on JSTOR under Musica Judaica. Musica Judaica is a scholarly journal that focuses on Jewish music research. Musica Judaica has been published

by the American Society for Jewish Music since 1976, and caters to scholars, composers, cantors, rabbis, and laypeople interested in Jewish music. General Inquiries:

Managing Editor
Dr. Rachel Adelstein [email protected]

Editorial Assistant
Mili Leitner Cohen (University of Chicago) [email protected]

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10/28/2024

Come check out Gabby Cameron's insightful review of the album "Kabbalachia" by Basya Schechter and Shaul Magid--just now posted on our website!

Kabbalachia by Basya Schechter and Shaul Magid (2024) Album review by Gabby Cameron As the sun sets on a Friday evening over Fire Island, congregants gather at the Fire Island Synagogue to welcome …

09/05/2024

Now available to read on our site: Miranda Crowdus's review of "For Women and Girls Only: Reshaping Jewish Orthodoxy Through the Arts in the Digital Age," by Jessica Roda.

For Women and Girls Only: Reshaping Jewish Orthodoxy Through the Arts in the Digital Age. Jessica Roda. New York, NY: New York University Press. 2024. Reviewed by Miranda Crowdus In this book, Jess…

08/19/2024

Now live on our site: Dr. Alexandra Birch's review of the fascinating book, "Music of Exile: The Untold Story of the Composers Who Fled Hi**er."

Music of Exile: The Untold Story of the Composers Who Fled Hi**er. Michael Haas. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. 2023. Reviewed by Dr. Alexandra Birch Michael Haas’s new book is an expansion …

08/01/2024

We want to thank Dr. Robert J. Wuagneux for providing his review of the edited collection, "This Is Your Song Too: Phish and Contemporary Jewish Identity." Check it out!

This Is Your Song Too: Phish and Contemporary Jewish Identity. Edited by Oren Kroll-Zeldin and Ariella Werden-Greenfield. University Park, PA: Penn State University Press. 2023. Reviewed by Dr. Rob…

05/29/2024

Now posted on our site: Matthew Austerklein's review of Golden Ages: Hasidic Singers and Cantorial Revival in the Digital Era by Jeremiah Lockwood. Check it out and enjoy!

Golden Ages: Hasidic Singers and Cantorial Revival in the Digital Era. Jeremiah Lockwood. Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press. 2024. Reviewed by Matthew Austerklein Jeremi…

05/08/2024

Yet another new review has been posted to our website: Jesse Rosenberg writes about Joy Calico's book, "La Memoria Cantata: A Survivor from Warsaw di Arnold Schönberg nell’Europa del dopoguerra."

La Memoria Cantata: A Survivor from Warsaw di Arnold Schönberg nell’Europa del dopoguerra. Joy H. Calico. Edizione italiana a cura di Paolo Dal Molin, traduzione di Silvia Albesano. Mila…

05/06/2024

Now published on our website: Aubrey L. Glazer's review of Dov Schwartz's book, "The Soul Seeks Its Melodies": Music in Jewish Thought. Check it out!

“The Soul Seeks Its Melodies”: Music in Jewish Thought. Dov Schwartz. Translated by Batya Stein. Brookline, MA: Academic Studies Press. 2022. Reviewed by Aubrey L. Glazer When we listen deeply to m…

03/04/2024

Now published on our website: Paul G. Feller-Simmons' review of the monumental "Oxford Handbook of Jewish Music Studies." Check it out and enjoy!

The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Music Studies. Edited by Tina Frühauf. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. 2023. Reviewed by Paul G. Feller-Simmons The publication of The Oxford Handbook of…

02/04/2024

Now up on our website: Dr. Tanya Sermer's review of Michael Figueroa's book "City of Song: Music and the Making of Modern Jerusalem." Check it out!

City of Song: Music and the Making of Modern Jerusalem. By Michael A. Figueroa. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2022. Reviewed by Tanya Sermer Michael A. Figueroa’s captivating City of Song: …

01/11/2024

Now published on our website: Judith Pinnolis' review of the monumental "Encyclopaedia of British Jewish Cantors, Chazanim, Ministers and Synagogue Musicians" by Michael Jolles.

Encyclopaedia of British Jewish Cantors, Chazanim, Ministers and Synagogue Musicians: Their History and Culture. By Michael Jolles. London: Jolles Publications. 2021. Reviewed by Judith S. Pinnolis…

11/07/2023

Just published: Dr. Marsha Bryan Edelman's review of "Between Tradition and Modernity: The High Holy Days Melodies of Minhag Ashkenaz," by Geoffrey Goldberg. Read the review on our website!

Between Tradition and Modernity: The High Holy Days Melodies of Minhag Ashkenaz According to Ḥazzan Maier Levi of Esslingen. Geoffrey Goldberg. Jerusalem: Jewish Music Research Centre – Hebre…

09/29/2023

Though we often post book reviews, today we have a review of a recording: Lealiza Lee writes about "Ya Shema Evoynecha," as performed by Carla Berg. Check it out!

“Ya Shema Evoynecha,” performed by Carla Berg, original poem in Hebrew by Yehuda Halevi, Ladino lyrics by Rabbi Reuven Eliyahu Yisrael, uploaded September 15, 2022, Review by Lealiza Le…

08/25/2023

A big thank you to Hugo Hadji for reviewing Christopher Silver's "Recording History: Recording History: Jews, Muslims, and Music across Twentieth-Century North Africa," now available on our website.

Recording History: Jews, Muslims, and Music across Twentieth-Century North Africa. Christopher Silver. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. 2022. Reviewed by Hugo Hadji In Recording History: Je…

07/25/2023

A new review has been posted to our website! Thanks to Benjamin Wolf for reviewing Jason Whittaker's "Jerusalem: Blake, Parry, and the Fight for Englishness"

Jerusalem: Blake, Parry, and the Fight for Englishness. Jason Whittaker. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. 2022. Reviewed by Benjamin Wolf This is a book about a single poem and a single song: W…

05/12/2023

Now published on our website: Jesse Rosenberg's review of "Let Our Music Be Played: Italian Jewish Musicians and Composers under Fascism," edited by Alessandro Carrieri and Annalisa Capristo

Let Our Music Be Played: Italian Jewish Musicians and Composers under Fascism. Edited by Alessandro Carrieri and Annalisa Capristo. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. 2021. Reviewed by Jesse Ro…

04/14/2023

A new review! Many thanks to Lori Sen for reviewing Edwin Seroussi's "Sonic Ruins of Modernity: Judeo-Spanish Folksongs Today."

Sonic Ruins of Modernity: Judeo-Spanish Folksongs Today. Edwin Seroussi. London: Routledge. 2023. Reviewed by Lori Sen A minority within the Jewish people, Sephardim are a triple diasporic populati…

11/17/2022

Martha Stellmacher penned this new review of "Jewishness, Jewish Identity and Music Culture in 19th-Century Europe", a collection of essays edited by Luca Lévi Sala.

Jewishness, Jewish Identity and Music Culture in 19th-Century Europe. Ed. by Luca Lévi Sala. Bologna: Ut Orpheus. 2020. Reviewed by Martha Stellmacher The Enlightenment and the granting of civil ri…

11/17/2022

It might be conference season but at MJOR it's business as usual. Here's a review hot off the press from Vanessa Paloma Elbaz, offering a take on Rivka Havassy and Edwin Seroussi's recording project, "Eastern Mediterranean Judeo-Spanish Songs from the EMI Archive Trust (1907-1912)".

Eastern Mediterranean Judeo-Spanish Songs from the EMI Archive Trust (1907-1912). Rivka Havassy and Edwin Seroussi. Jerusalem: Jewish Music Research Center, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 2020. Re…

11/17/2022

New review! Thanks to Samuel Torjman Thomas for this write up of Ruth Davis' Musical Exodus: Al-Andalus and its Jewish Diasporas.

Musical Exodus: Al-Andalus and its Jewish Diasporas. Ruth Davis. Lanham MD: Rowman & Littlefield. 2015. Reviewed by Samuel Torjman Thomas The Iberian Peninsula has served as a focal point for e…

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