State Department calls recent Roger Waters concert ‘antisemitic’ By Gabe Friedman Jun 8, 2023 (JTA) — The U.S. State Department has condemned Roger Waters, calling the former Pink Floyd frontman’s recent concert in Berlin “antisemitic.” A reporter asked at a press briefing on Monday whether the department agreed with recent comments from Deborah Lipstadt, the department’s envoy for combatting antisemitism, who tweeted criticism of Waters. “The concert in question, which… Read More
Music The hora, the hora! How Jewish wedding music got that way (JTA) — When my wife and I were planning our wedding, we thought it might be cool to hire a klezmer band. This was during the first wave of the klezmer… By Andrew Silow-Carroll Jun 5, 2023
Theater The animated classic ‘An American Tail’ is now a musical (JTA) — Itamar Moses was 10 years old when he watched “An American Tail” at his Jewish day school in California. He was struck by the 1986 film, an… By Shira Li Bartov May 24, 2023
Music Jewish Folk Chorus returns with tribute to Oakland klezmer legend Adrienne Cooper has been called the mother of the modern revival of klezmer music and Yiddish songwriting. In the 1980s, when Yiddish was primarily spoken… By Lillian Ilsley-Greene May 23, 2023
Music ‘Songs of Truth’ from composers slain in Holocaust make S.F. debut They wrote jazz pieces, lullabies, operas and concertos just like other 20th-century European composers. But these artists were Jews who wrote… By Dan Pine May 22, 2023
Music The Ferris Wheels mix classic rock with Jewish ruach They’re your basic rock quartet — lead guitar, bass, drums and a charismatic, black-clad, gray-bearded frontman — playing blistering renditions of Lynyrd… By Dan Pine May 11, 2023
Music Leila Steinberg, Tupac’s first manager, sees chance to heal in new series In the late 1980s, Leila Steinberg was a concert promoter and arts educator living in Rohnert Park. Each week, she hosted writing circles for young poets,… By Andrew Esensten May 9, 2023
Theater ‘Scottsboro Boys’: Musical tells true story of injustice in 1930s The Jewish song-writing duo Kander and Ebb are best known for their work on the Broadway shows “Cabaret,” “Chicago” and “Kiss of the Spider Woman.” One of… By Andrew Esensten May 5, 2023
Theater ‘Parade’ and ‘Leopoldstadt’ each nab 6 Tony nominations Shows about the Holocaust and a notorious American antisemitic incident picked up several Tony Award nominations Tuesday morning, as Broadway’s biggest… By Andrew Lapin, JTA May 2, 2023