{"id":856,"date":"2014-05-01T13:56:53","date_gmt":"2014-05-01T17:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kulanuarchive.kulanu.org\/?p=856"},"modified":"2019-04-08T10:41:56","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T14:41:56","slug":"check-out-the-new-ethiopian-jewish-music-recording","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/check-out-the-new-ethiopian-jewish-music-recording\/","title":{"rendered":"Check out the new Ethiopian Jewish Music Recording!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1568 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/kulanu.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TemesgenCDcover.jpg\" alt=\"Cover of Temesgen CD\" width=\"272\" height=\"240\" \/>If you enjoy world-Jewish music, check out the new CD,\u00a0<em>Temesgen<\/em>\u00a0(\u201cThanks to God\u201d in Amharic) \u2014 the first-ever recording of worship songs from the Beta Avraham Jews of North Shewa, Ethiopia and their descendants in the Kechene neighborhood of Addis Ababa.<\/p>\n<p>For generations, many of these songs were sung only in \u201csecret synagogues\u201dby members of this group who broke away from the Gondar-based Jews (known as \u201cBeta Israel\u201d \u2014 now largely in Israel) about 300 years ago. forced to live as hidden Jews like the Anousim of medieval Spain and Portugal, they practiced Christianity on the outside but preserved as many traditions as they could \u2013 especially their music \u2013 in private. Now, for the first time, these songs are available on a recording for the general public.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the songs are hauntingly beautiful \u2014 try\u00a0<em>Senbet L\u2019yuna<\/em>\u00a0(\u201cUnique Sabbath\u201d) and you can\u2019t help but feel moved!<\/p>\n<p>Led by Demeke ben Engida, all the singers are members of the community\u2019s only open synagogue, which was started seven years ago.<\/p>\n<p>You can get this album on amazon.com or iTunes, or listen to it on Spotify!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Temesgen-Thanks-God-Ethiopias-Community\/dp\/B00JBVQLUM\/ref=as_li_tf_mfw?&amp;linkCode=wey&amp;tag=httpwwwkulanu-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0to check out these beautifully-performed worship songs on\u00a0<strong>Amazon<\/strong>, or<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/album\/temesgen-thanks-to-god-worship\/id850611178?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0for\u00a0<strong>iTunes<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Spotify<\/strong>\u00a0users,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.spotify.com\/album\/6xGbVqRoaJVYDcSU7TcGxY?play=true&amp;utm_source=open.spotify.com&amp;utm_medium=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a>!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you enjoy world-Jewish music, check out the new CD,\u00a0Temesgen\u00a0(\u201cThanks to God\u201d in Amharic) \u2014 the first-ever recording of worship <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Check out the new Ethiopian Jewish Music Recording! 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