ASPEN – At least some of the reason for the explosive popularity of Matisyahu can be traced to the oddity factor. The idea of a devout Orthodox Jew, complete with long beard and tzitzit dangling from ...

There's a growing cadre of musicians who combine Jewish spiritual lyrics with genres like blues, bluegrass, folk and country. NEW YORK (JTA) — Saul Kaye never wanted to be a “Jewish blues” player. In ...

On a recent evening, a group of Jewish women gathered at Chabad of Squirrel Hill to rehearse for an upcoming performance. It didn’t take the women long to learn the finale they will perform at “The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. JOE BUCHANAN, flanked by Israeli and American flags, in his home musical workshop in Houston, Texas. (photo credit: ...

This spring break, the klezmer ensemble KvetchUP will take their vibrant blend of traditional and contemporary Jewish music on a four-day tour across the Front Range, sharing joyful sounds and ...

Until Yoni Battat '13 was a teenager, Jewish music meant klezmer. In his synagogue and at his Jewish school outside New Haven, Connecticut, he heard and played the Eastern European-style folk music.

The Jewish Bluegrass of Nefesh Mountain, Syrian Jewish music from Asher Shasho Levy, a selection of show tunes that reflects the influence Jewish composers continue to have on Broadway, klezmer music, ...

(J. The Jewish News of Northern California via JTA) — There is a Grammy Award for just about every kind of music — from pop to metal to New Age to Contemporary Christian — but there’s no Jewish ...

“Robertson and Pico … Burger Bar that late food … motzei shabbas chill dude … breaking up that bread soon … looking fly is what I’m into … I’m a good Jew … don’t let it fool you … fighting for my ...

Upshtat Zingerai play Jewish simhah dance music for a wedding at the South Shore Cultural Center. From left to right: Emma Blau, Jonah Lazarus, Qi Yang, Hannah Mira Friedland, and Ethan Aronson Credit ...

Oxford University Press, 2021, 644 pp. Immediately after World War II, the German rabbi Leo Baeck, who had survived the war in the concentration camp Terezin, declared: “The history of German Jews has ...