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Jewish girl with facial ornamentation in ḥarqus and kohl, Dadès. From Robichez' Maroc Central, 1946. Jewish Henna, Mizrahi Jews, Moroccan Culture, Moroccan Women, Women's Circle, Jewish Women, Woman Back, Native People, Vintage Portraits

I helped facilitate a wonderful henna ceremony last week for a mixed Yemenite-Moroccan Jewish couple. One of the things we included was the singing and reading of several chants for the henna ceremony from various Moroccan and Yemenite Jewish communities. The bride’s mother was particularly moved by one of them and I thought I would share it on the blog. I call the song “Ya Mashta,” after its opening words — although, as we shall see, there are several versions — which means, “O Dresser.” A…

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needleZhead Riz
Mountain Jews or Caucasus Jews also known as Juhuro, Juvuro, Kavkazi Jews or… Mizrahi Jews, Color Symbolism, Egyptian Women, The Descendants, Russian Empire, Judaica Art, American Colonies, Women's Circle, Jewish Women

Mountain Jews or Caucasus Jews, also known as Juhuro, Juvuro, Juhuri, Juwuri, Juhurim, Kavkazi Jews or Gorsky Jews, are Jews of the eastern and northern Caucasus, mainly Azerbaijan, and various republics in the Russian Federation: Chechnya, Ingushetia, Dagestan, Karachay-Cherkessia, and Kabardino-Balkaria. The Mountain Jews comprise Persian-speaking Jewry along with the Jews of Iran, Afghanistan, and Central Asia. The Mountain Jews are the descendants of Persian Jews from Iran, and fall…

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Lorna Friedlein

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