Klezmer techno music? This 22 year-old is making it a thing
With Kleztronica, Kaia Berman-Peters blends klezmer elements with electronic dance music
With Kleztronica, Kaia Berman-Peters blends klezmer elements with electronic dance music
The 'Gangsta's Paradise' rapper repurposed Psalm 23 to reflect his own reality
Hip-hop artist Azealia Banks proudly posted her engagement ring on Instagram Monday, announcing conceptual artist Ryder Ripps had proposed to her. Unlike most women, who might be showing off a large rock, Banks’ finger was adorned with a chunky gold ring featuring a relief of a menorah. The photo was captioned “I’m Jewish now. MAZEL…
Editor’s note: In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Forward is resurfacing some of our recent coverage related to the Black-Jewish experience and racial justice. This article originally appeared in September, 2020. In 1989, the rapper known as Professor Griff made anti-Jewish comments that derailed his career. More than 30 years later, when…
Tupac Shakur, who died on this day in 1996 at the age of 25, may seem an unlikely candidate for consideration in our pages. At one time, Vice President Dan Quayle said Shakur’s music “has no place in our society”; Shakur was a convicted felon who in a few years was in and out of…
(JTA) — Rapper Mac Miller was found dead of an apparent drug overdose on Friday, TMZ reported. The 26-year-old struggled with substance abuse for years, including during a high-profile relationship with pop star Ariana Grande. According to TMZ, Miller was found by police in his home in the San Fernando Valley, Calif., and pronounced on…
Orthodox Jewish rapper Moses Levi, better known as his stage name Shyne, announced the birth of a new child this week. In an Instagram post, Levi thanked the “Creator of the universe” for a safe delivery and revealed that his daughter is called Naomi, a biblical name from the book of Ruth. “Welcome our princess…
Israelis. Hip hop. Orthodox female singers. Psalms. Implied political implications. This music video, a new setting of Psalm 102:14 by Julliard-educated religious musician Franciska in collaboration with the Halelu hip-hop troupe, has it all. Come for the amazing thing one of the dancers does with her ponytail, stay for the spiritually catchy all-female psalm rendition,…
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