Tag: Jewish Music

A $500,000 donation to the Zamir Choral Foundation from husband and wife Robert and Vicki Lieberman aims to teach conductors of Jewish choral music. Named after Matthew Lazar, the foundation’s founder and director, between 12 and 15...

The seven days of Sukkot—celebrated by dwelling in the sukkah, taking the Four Kinds, and rejoicing—is the holiday when we expose ourselves to the elements in covered huts, commemorating G‑d's sheltering our ancestors as...

Join us to dance, sing and be elevated with the inspiring music of Yuval Ron Ensemble. Featuring the soulful vocalist Elinor Sitrish, Armenian woodwind master Norik Manoukian, percussionist Jamie Papish, and Oud master Yuval Ron, with tantalizing dance by Ariel, performing their...

Saul Dreier has lived many lives in his 99 years in this world. The Holocaust survivor was born in Poland in 1925 to a secular Jewish family in Krakow and lived a normal life...

Mandy Patinkin in Concert headlines this year along with the 15th inspiring Women of Valor, International Hip-Hop Artist Nissim Black, Italian Jews Through the Generations, a Premier Play in Spanish, The Klezmer Summit,...

Learn about the work that goes into finding the right images to tell the story of Folksbiene’s new musical.

After years fighting a serious illness, Oded Dovid (“Dedi”) Graucher died in Jerusalem on Sept. 11. Graucher rose to prominence following the release of his second album, 1993’s “Ratza” with its epic title track making him famous...

Some of recent history’s biggest musical acts have headlined concerts at Madison Square Garden. On Sunday, Orthodox Jewish crossover singer Ishay Ribo became the first Israeli musician to do so, joining the company of...

Israeli literary, musical and overall cultural icon Yehonatan Geffen died on Wednesday aged 76. “It is hard to imagine the existence of Israeli art, our anthems, the worlds of literature and theater without his unique...

The lights are kindled, the shamash is returned to its place and the family breaks into song: It is a rousing, march-like melody that is the aural equivalent of the menorah’s light—energy, joy and hope in...