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A Call to Collect Jewish Folk Songs
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There is no need to provide evidence concerning the great value of folk songs when one wishes to study the history of a people—any people—and all it has undergone. Alongside the history books of each…

Contributor:

Shaul Ginsburg, Peysakh Marek

Places:

Russian Empire (Russia, Russia)

Date:

1898

Subjects:

Music, Folklore, Jewish identity, Community, Dance

Categories:

Political Culture, Science & Philosophy, History
Jewish Folklore in the Middle Ages
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The science of Folk-lore tries to explain in a scientific way the origin, growth and development of popular literature; it discovers the sources from which the popular fancy has drawn its materials…

Contributor:

Moses Gaster

Places:

Oxford, United Kingdom

Date:

1886

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Folklore, Aggadah, Writing, Scholarship

Categories:

Science & Philosophy, History