Libi B'Mizrach - Volume 1: Music of Progressive Israeli T'Filah

(Transcontinental Music Folios). This collection features the incredible liturgical music of Israel's progressive minyanim, communities, songwriters, and composers. To Western ears, Jewish liturgy, prayers, blessings, and piyutim (liturgical poems) are most purely expressed through the tongue of a native Hebrew speaker. These original Israeli melodies come straight from the source, with nothing lost in translation. Until now, many of these songs were inaccessible or unavailable to those for...