Sephardic Pizmonim Project
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The Sephardic Pizmonim Project is a foundation dedicated to the scholarship and preservation of the music, called Pizmonim of the Sephardic Syrian Jewish community set up by David Betesh. The project is dedicated to the memory of Cantor Gabriel A. Shrem, the former director of Yeshiva University's Cantorial Institute (Philip and Sarah Belz School of Jewish Music) and cantor of B'nai Yosef Synagogue. The projects goal is to restore and preserve the ancient Jewish songs of the Middle Eastern Jewish communities. The recordings of all the songs available are on the homepage, www.pizmonim.org. This project is an attempt to preserve the heritage and culture of Syrian Jews.
