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Life A comprehensive guide to the best Hanukkah songs of all time, from ‘I have a little dreidel’ to the latest Wicked parodies
Hanukkah songs from Adam Sandler, Daveed Diggs, and more
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Music Drake could use some rabbinic advice on his latest lawsuit
What would the sages tell the Jewish rapper about his beef with Kendrick Lamar?
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Music Promising ‘no stupid Hanukkah songs,’ The Leevees strive for a ‘two-sauce solution’
A rock 'n' roll supergroup of sorts wants to reinvent Jewish holiday music
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Fast Forward Phil Lesh, Grateful Dead bassist who hosted musical Passover seders, dies at 84
Jewish Deadheads mourned Lesh, who played with the legendary jam band for three decades
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Music The accordion is an instrument of sorrow and celebration — does that make it Jewish?
Reportedly invented in 1822, the accordion has been associated with Jewish music throughout its history
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Music For a Jewish jazz great, a 100th birthday is a time for a celebration and a new album
Vibraphone pioneer Terry Gibbs was born Julius Herbert Gubenko in Brooklyn, 1924
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Oct. 7: One Year Later — Teen Voices Nearing a Prayer: How my violin has helped me learn to pray
Perhaps "T'filah," a piece for solo violin, can help to bring us a little closer together
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Looking Forward An Israeli hip-hop artist remembers a day of hope in Gaza
Shaanan Streett of 'HaDag Nahash' spoke to Libby Lenkinski on the Forward's new podcast 'Make Art, Not War'
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