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Fast Forward Are these two Israelis the world’s next big beatbox stars?
Maxim Mirel and Ori Abada will be Israel's second-ever participants in the world's most prestigious beatbox battle
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Culture There’s a Grammy for Christian music. These musicians want Jewish music to get one, too.
'We get lost, or are ineligible, in existing categories,' said Sarah Aroeste, who performs in Ladino.
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Sports Why does soccer music sound so Jewish?
When the music at the stadium isn't the National Anthem, chances are a Jewish songwriter had something to do with it
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Music Why Prokofiev once called himself ‘the only Jewish composer’
The Russian composer produced one of the most significant works about Jewish cultural identity
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Music Through music, a fervent hope to build bridges of understanding in the Middle East
With the West-Eastern Divan Ensemble, Michael Barenboim is following in his parents' footsteps
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Music Television’s greatest star rarely sought out the spotlight
Tom Verlaine, a guitar anti-hero, leaves behind a legacy of anguish and virtuosity
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Bintel Brief Dear Bintel: A frenemy wrote a mean song about me and I’m freaking out
Bintel says: Jake Gyllenhaal feels your pain — and Jewish tradition has some advice
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Music How a star named Barbra Streisand was born at a club in Greenwich Village
'Live at the Bon Soir' was Streisand's Beatles in Hamburg moment
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Culture Why saying ‘L’shana Tova’ on Rosh Hashanah may not be the correct phrase
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Opinion This is the most disorienting Rosh Hashanah in memory
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Opinion A year after Oct. 7, Israel has the chance to remake its future — for better or worse
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Opinion Campus protests defined the year since Oct. 7. Could they actually change U.S. policy?
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Special Report At the kibbutz hit hardest on Oct. 7, a wrenching debate over how to rebuild
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