Bar-Ilan’s Days of Jewish Music festival explores global Jewish sounds under the theme “Melodies of Hope. ” What could be ...

The film blends archival footage, original music and scholarly insight to bring to life a cultural legacy that continues to resonate today.

“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 ...

Matisyahu will headline the inaugural event, which will feature two stages of music, comedy, kids programming and kosher food ...

Every song has a story, and given the prevalence of Jewish musicians, it’s often a Jewish story. True for ” Hatikvah ” and ” By Mir Bistdu Shoen,” but also for “White Christmas”—or even “Ave Maria.” ...

As part of Jewish American Heritage Month, Congregation Ahavas Achim is hosting "American Jewish Music: The Story Behind the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Prisoners are forced to play music as their fello inmates walk to their execution in Mauthausen concentration camp, Austria - ...

Jacob Michael, noted American Jewish philanthropist, presented his collection of Jewish music — one of the largest in the world — to the Jewish National and University Library at the Hebrew University ...

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 contemporary dawning of Hebrew song can be traced to the last decades of the nineteenth century, when Jewish poets in Europe began to write Hebrew poetry. However, with new Hebrew educational ...

(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 ...