In 2006, Lara Torgovnik, 21, started college at New York University as a vocal performance major. She had little Jewish background — at age 8, she chose music school over Hebrew school with permission ...
You might not consider soulful R&B to fall under the umbrella of “Jewish music.” Jewish-Canadian singer-songwriter Erez Zobary is here to change that. When you think of Jewish music, what comes to ...
Moments before they were scheduled to start singing at an impromptu memorial vigil outside the Jewish Museum of Belgium, the 13 members of Yale University’s Jewish a cappella group were still unsure ...
Malecki, of Pepper Pike, has been conductor of HaZamir Cleveland since the fall of 2019. He had no idea at the time what was coming in the spring of 2020. “COVID threw a big wrench in our plans,” he ...
Singing together is a centerpiece of Jewish experience. It’s also dangerous during the coronavirus pandemic. (JTA) — February was hours away from ending when Russ Agdern stood at the center of the ...
When the Jewish group IfNotNow asked educator and musician Shoshana Jedwab whether it could include her song “Where You Go” in its songbook, Jedwab offered a cautious yes. The year was 2018, and the ...
The sound of beautiful singing could be heard throughout JTConnect’s Sunday morning program on March 5th. Shir Appeal, an award-winning co-ed Jewish a cappella group from Tufts, came to spend the ...
LENOX -- Joshua Nelson's got soul. A black Jewish gospel singer, he made his first appearance at the Berkshire Jewish Film Festival in 2002 and is back again for an encore this summer. To celebrate ...
The Seesaw is a new kind of advice column in which a a broad range of columnists will address the real life issues faced by interfaith couples and families. Join the discussion by commenting on this ...
(JTA) February was hours away from ending when Russ Agdern stood at the center of the room at a Jewish retreat center in Maryland, singing with all of the spirit he could muster. The space was packed, ...