Counterpoint, Vermont’s professional 12-voice vocal ensemble, under the direction of Nathaniel G. Lew, presents a journey through the varied worlds of Jewish song, “Mir Zaynen Do (We are Here): Jewish ...

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.

“Understanding popular music -- how it was manufactured and consumed -- is one of the key elements to understanding Israeli culture,” according to Lewis Glinert, a professor of Asian and Middle ...

The scene reminds us that even a woman in her 80s could feel like a little girl again, longing for her “mommy” ...

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, ...

The new face of Jewish pop music wears a black hat and jacket and a long beard. He embeds divrei Torah in his songs, which rely heavily on Jewish content. But his songs don’t come from the shtetl.

With guitar and harmonica, inveterate hitchhiker, wanderer, and folk poet Woody Guthrie (1912-1967), was America’s “Dust Bowl Troubadour” and Depression-era balladeer. He wrote thousands of songs, ...

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CU Boulder event, now in its 11th year, will schmooze it up on March 12 For the past decade, Hebrew classes at the University of Colorado Boulder have hosted a novel event described as a rite of ...

“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 ...