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10 Beautiful Jewish Songs About Motherhood

JL;DR SUMMARY Celebrating the profound bond between mother and child, '10 Beautiful Jewish Songs About Motherhood' explores a diverse array of musical tributes to maternal love across Jewish cultures. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish MusicHebrew SongsMizrahi MusicMotherhoodCultural HeritageParenthoodIsraeli MusicMothersLadino SongsLullabies

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Israel
"This song is one of the first songs Israeli children learn, a simple love letter to ones dear mother, in which the child sings of the smiles and the gifts he offers as a sign of his love."
Ukraine
"The song dates back to 1904 when its writer, Moshe Daphna, penned it for his mother, whom he left behind in Ukraine when he moved to pre-state Israel."
Morocco
"He wrote the song in Moroccan Arabic, the language spoken by his mother at home."
Russian Federation
"You always keep me save/With prayers, she sings about her immigrant mother, who like many of the writers of the song, left her home in Europe to build a better life for her child, escaping from the Soviet Union to Israel."
Palestinian Territories
"In this song, Deckelbaum sings with Palestinian singers like Lubna Salame, Miriam Toukan and Daniel Rubin."

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