Lunchtime Talk: The Bride under the Lemon Tree with Dr. Judith Cohen
Hear ballads of long-ago kings and queens and the weddings songs of everyday people as York University ethnomusicologist and singer Dr. Judith Cohen delves into the music of Moroccan Jews.
Although Morocco has been home to Jewish communities for some 2,000 years, their ranks grew rapidly after March 1492, when the Catholic monarchs of Spain expelled practising Jews from their territories. To this day, the exiled Jews’ descendants speak and sing in haketía, or Moroccan Judeo-Spanish. Using colourful images and both recorded and live music, Dr. Cohen explores the communities’ musical traditions.
Click the video below to watch Dr. Judith Cohen’s February 13, 2020 Lunchtime Talk, titled The Bride under the Lemon Tree.