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Judaica Sound Archives (Requires Headphones)

Access: Publicly available resource

Description: Containing over 58,000 recordings, the Judaica Music Rescue Project reflects Jewish culture covering folk, cantorial, comedy, theater, Chassidic, klezmer, Israeli, Sephardic, and songs for children as well as recordings of Jewish music and humor in any language. The JSA includes recordings of music by Jewish performers, composers, and conductors, even if the content is NOT Jewish (approximately 45 percent of these digitized recording are on the public Web site).

Hosted by Florida Atlantic University's Wimberly Library.

Coverage: Various Dates

Subject(s):
African & Middle East Studies
Music, Film & Performing Arts
Publicly Available Resources

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