“Understanding popular music -- how it was manufactured and consumed -- is one of the key elements to understanding Israeli culture,” according to Lewis H. Glinert, a professor of Asian and Middle ...
Inspired in part by all the Jewish artists on Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs, the Forward decided it was time to rank the best Jewish pop songs of all time. You can find the whole list ...
This past week Rolling Stone magazine published an updated list of “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.” It was the first time the list has been updated since 2004, and out of curiosity, we combed the ...
Tikva Records was founded in 1947 as an independent Jewish record label. For the next 30 years, it would record an eclectic range of Jewish-American songs, including klezmer pop, cantorial singing, ...
Separate the signal from the noise about antisemitism and understand current debates over Jewish safety. Sign up for the Antisemitism Decoded newsletter today. (JTA) — A new generation of music lovers ...
Growing up in an ultra-orthodox Hasidic community meant secular music was off-limits to Ari Rabin. Now, the artist who goes ...
The album “Hashkiveinu” highlights the growing trend to recast traditional Jewish liturgical music in a more modern musical format, accessible to older and younger Jews. Produced by the Jewish ...
Emma Shaver, well-known American lyric soprano who specializes in Yiddish and Hebrew folk songs as well as in Israeli melodies, has been invited by the Government of Poland to stage a series of ...
Looking for the best Hanukkah songs? You're in the right place. If you grew up celebrating the festival of lights, you may have "Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel" burned into your brain. But these days, ...
Connie Francis was a longtime Parkland resident whose 1960 filmed-in-Fort-Lauderdale romp “Where the Boys Are” is to Spring Break what “Jaws” is to shark fishing. Francis was among the first people ...
Performed in three languages (English, Russian, and Hebrew), featuring traditional liturgical chanting heard in synagogues ...