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Jewish rapper’s song celebrates Knicks mania in NYC

Team's run in the NBA Finals brings in New York City Jews, from kosher watch parties to radio talk shows and a viral slogan involving bagels The post Jewish rapper’s song celebrates Knicks mania in ...
The Forward

What’s a Jewish song anyway — and how can you recognize one when you hear it?

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 ...
The Forward

How a Jewish folk song made it into a chart-topping rap banger

Notes from the summer camp office are not usually a good omen, especially when they begin with the words “from your mother.” But for 16-year-old music producer Aviad Poznansky, this past summer at ...
San Diego Jewish World

Three divas sing songs by American Jewish composers at JFest

A smiling Todd Salovey, director of the Lipinsky Jewish Arts Festival for its nearly four decade existence, introduced the ...
The Courier-Journal

'Soul-stirring' concert explores relationship between Black, Jewish plight. Here's how to get tickets

As vocalist Anthony Russell learned a Yiddish piece about a woeful traveler far away from their family, he noticed it felt like another, very culturally different song — the African American spiritual ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Inspired by the pandemic, Jewish musicians are rolling out a year’s worth of spiritual ‘healing songs’

“We’re kind of hard-wired to digest grief and turn it into art or song,” said Elana Brody, a Jewish singer-songwriter. (JTA) — It was only about a week into lockdown last spring when Elana Brody took ...
The Jewish Exponent

Some Jewish Musicians Are Asking Jewish Critics of Israel to Stop Singing Their Songs at Protests

When the Jewish group IfNotNow asked educator and musician Shoshana Jedwab whether it could include her song “Where You Go” in its songbook, Jedwab offered a cautious yes. The year was 2018, and the ...
Jazz

"Exiled" Jewish Cabaret Songs Find a Home on CD

The New Budapest Orpheum Society brings forth more treasures from the archives of 20th-century Jewish popular music on a new CD, Jewish Cabaret in Exile (Cedille Records CDR 90000 110), its second ...
The Atlantic

The Jewish Songs That Fight Despair

There is an unsolved mystery at the heart of one of the most popular Jewish songs in history. Every Friday evening, Jews around the world recite the poetic prayer “Lecha Dodi” to welcome the Sabbath.
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

10 Jewish Amy Winehouse moments (and photos) from a new book on her life

(JTA) — Amy Winehouse, the Jewish singer and songwriter whose soulful tunes about her dark personal life became influential pop hits, would have turned 40 this year. Her debut album “Frank” also turns ...
The Saratogian

Saratoga Jewish Community Arts brings ‘Songs of Light and Hope” to Clifton Park on Dec. 9

CLIFTON PARK, N.Y. — Saratoga Jewish Community Arts, with a grant from the Jewish Federation of Northeastern New York and sponsorship of Temple Sinai of Saratoga Springs and Congregation Beth Shalom ...
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Shelton Jewish Festival returns to Huntington Green with music and food

Shelton Jewish Festival will return Sunday with live music and family fun and an opportunity to see your name written in ...