Maqam and Liturgy: Ritual, Music, and Aesthetics of Syrian Jews in Brooklyn

by Mark L. Kligman

Explores the cultural connection between Syrian Jewish life and Arab culture in present-day Brooklyn, New York, through liturgical music.

Syrian Jews in Brooklyn, New York, number more than forty thousand and constitute the largest single group of Jews from Syria in the world. Their thriving community includes fifteen synagogues in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, where the practice of singing Arab melodies is a cornerstone of their...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814332161
• ISBN13: 9780814332160
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.3" x 10.2"