Cantor Josh Breitzer was taught to think of prayer music like a mountain. So when he and Cantor Rollin Simmons developed their plans for the year’s final Passover service at Congregation Emanu El, ...

Jewish music star Yaakov Shwekey launched his latest project with a private concert at the Bell Works Theater in New Jersey, ...

Not much Passover music arrived in this year’s mail so it’s difficult to speculate on the ebb and flow of certain kinds of Jewish music recordings, but it does seem that fewer holiday-specific records ...

As Passover and Easter approach, we’re well warned of enduring some of our hardest coronavirus days. These are serious holidays that alert us to world-altering shifts. For Jews it was the throwing off ...

The 23rd annual Jewish Music Festival started today in Jewish communities throughout the nation with more than 2, 000 religious, cultural, educational, fraternal and women’s organizations ...

This article originally appeared on Kveller. When searching for songs for a playlist I was putting together for my kids on Spotify, I came across a tune — “Pana HaGeshem,” (“The Rain has Gone Away”) ...

“I snuck a shank bone into Coachella,” Nate Auerbach said Friday, standing outside the VIP Rose Garden at Coachella, amid sparkle-dress clad hordes of partiers. “Most people sneak… other things.” ...

It is difficult to decide if Mark Swed’s Perspective (“A Question for Passover,” March 24) is a review of a concert featuring Ernst Toch’s “Cantata of the Bitter Herbs” or an essay about all he might ...

Klezmer, the Eastern European musical tradition of the Ashkenazi Jews, is constantly evolving. Played by musicians called klezmorim at weddings and other celebrations, it has enjoyed a world revival ...