Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of Jewish music, including klezmer and other traditions.
Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of Jewish music, including klezmer and other traditions.
Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of Jewish music, including klezmer and other traditions.
Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of Jewish music, including klezmer and other traditions.
Read this article in Yiddish. Tina Frühauf Transcending Dystopia: Music, Mobility, and the Jewish Community in Germany, 1945-1989 Oxford University Press, 2021, 644 pp. Immediately after World War II, the German rabbi Leo Baeck, who had survived the war in the concentration camp Terezin, declared: “The history of German Jews has ended once and for…
(JTA) — This article first appeared on Kveller. Jewish indie rocker Ezra Furman is a trans woman — and has been a mom for years — she revealed on Wednesday. In a moving Instagram post, the 34-year-old musician briefly explains her journey, her experience of motherhood and why she’s sharing her story. “I wanted to…
When you think of rap and hiphop, what probably springs to mind is the type of music that makes it into the Top 40 charts, with lyrics about love or sex or money. But the Brooklyn-based duo Nate and Hila are more likely to rap about compost or bees. To be fair, their bee music…
If you haven’t heard of Trisha Paytas, I recommend you stop reading here and continue on in blissful ignorance. If you follow the ever-controversial Youtube-TikTok-social media figure, you will be unsurprised by her new music video release. Titled “I Love You Moses,” it is part Passover banger and part love song to her Israeli fiancé,…
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I have been singing a sea shanty all day. All week, really. This one is called the “The Wellerman” and it’s having a moment on TikTok. Yes, the whaling boat’s work songs from 200 years ago have gone viral with the teens. TikTok users are sharing the original audio, sung by a TikToker named Nathan…
A free virtual concert featuring the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) was disrupted on Sunday by a suspected cyber attack, preventing tens of thousands of viewers worldwide from watching and participating in the event. Hosted by actress Helen Mirren and featuring some of Israel’s world-renowned soloists — including Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zuckerman and Yefim Bronfman —…
(JTA) — The sisters of the pop band Haim played their first-ever show at Canter’s, the most famous Jewish deli in Los Angeles, as kids. They were paid in matzah ball soup. Now the Jewish siblings are famous themselves and about to release their highly-anticipated third album, “Women In Music Pt. III,” out April 24….
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