List the Similarities and Differences between Jewish-Moroccan ‘Bakkashot’ and Jewish- Ottoman ‘Maftirim’.

Paper no. 2

List the Similarities and Differences between Jewish-Moroccan ‘Bakkashot’ and Jewish- Ottoman ‘Maftirim’. Please make a comparison of the similarities and differences (rather than talking about the ‘Bakkashot’ separately for one page and then about the ‘Maftirim’ for one page…) – for example, you might write something like: “Both the Bakkashot and Maftirim are sung on… however the former is sung in the morning while the latter…” ! You should use ALL 3 sources listed below. If you would like to add other sources

(but NOT instead of the 3 listed below), you are welcome to do so. If you add additional sources, include them in your paper’s “Works Cited.”

! Submit as an attached Word document (preferred) or PDF. Do not submit links

to Google Docs. ! Keep the introduction and conclusion concise. Get to the comparisons quickly. ! Not more than TWO 1.5-spaced pages ! Cite your sources ! Plagiarism includes copying and pasting from Wikipedia, an encyclopedia, or

any other sources not quoted or cited and paraphrased. It will not be tolerated, and you will not receive credit for the paper.

Sources

Available on the eCommons

1. Seroussi, Edwin. “Politics, Ethnic Identity and Music in the Singing of Bakkashot among Moroccan Jews in Israel” in Asian Music 17/2 (1986), 32-45.

2. Jackson, Maureen. Mixing Musics: Turkish Jewry and the Urban Landscape of a

Sacred Song (Stanford University Press, 2013)

3. Seroussi, Edwin. “The Turkish Maqam in the Musical Culture of the Ottoman Jews: Sources and Examples”, in Israel Studies in Musicology, Volume 5 (1990), 43-68.