Jewish Music

For Afro-Yiddish Performer, the Past is not Past

“The past is never dead. It’s not even past…”When William Faulkner wrote these words in Requiem for a Nun, I’m pretty certain he ...

There is a myth that Jewish music is “always in a minor key,” and often echoes themes of pieces like ...

When I think of home, I imagine the physical space I return to at night, the one with the white-washed ...

Ladino first cast its magic spell on me in childhood. It always struck me as a graceful, rolling language, one ...

What makes a secular Israeli connect to his Jewish identity, roots and spirituality? What makes secular Jew from Jerusalem ...

Mom. Mommy. Ima. Madre. Mother. No matter how many ways I say it, the concept still catches me by surprise ...

Passover is a time for storytelling. One of the main purposes of the holiday is to allow one generation to ...

“Ensuenyo Te Vi” Three words that normally don’t go together: Ladino, Pop, Pregnant. But in my world they make a ...

This Israeli songwriter is famous for lyrics of such songs as "Jerusalem of Gold" and "Lu Yehi"

This Yemenite singer has played a prominent role on the Israeli and International music scene.

How Jewish women worked their way into the field of synagogue music.

A Latino Jewish urban collective.