On a chilly Sunday afternoon, the sanctuary of the Belmont A.M.E. Zion Church offered a place of warmth, and of friendship forged in history, and shared struggles expressed in music. A concert, "Songs ...

“I’m obviously not busy on Christmas anyway, so it works out,” said one Jewish singer. (New York Jewish Week) — “Jesus is a paycheck,” said Rob Orbach, one of the many classically trained Jewish ...

COVID-19 placed a lot of religious traditions on hold over the last year -- or it forced people to search for other ways to celebrate. Portland musician Mark Sherman developed a unique way to honor ...

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, ...

“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 ...

Much as we expected when we published “The 150 greatest Jewish pop songs of all time” on January 31, 2022, readers responded with their likes, dislikes, and suggestions for songs that did not make the ...

CHICAGO (CBS) – A festival on the West Side celebrated the past, present and meshing of two communities. Drive past the Stone Temple Baptist Church on Douglas Boulevard and see it. CBS 2's Noel ...

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 ...

TikTok's latest musical craze has nothing to do with pop stars or Top 40 hits. Instead, users are obsessing over a 2007 recording of a choir of Jewish tween boys singing an Orthodox pop song in Hebrew ...