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Music

Pianist Alon Nechushtan, left (Photo/Bob Patterson); and saxophonist James Mahone, right (Photo/Maruyama)
Posted inMusic

Israeli pianist Alon Nechushtan returns to Bay Area for jazz-klezmer shows

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert January 18, 2024January 18, 2024
Amos Dor holds a combined U.S. and Israeli flag during a rally demanding the release of Hamas' hostages at Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco, Oct. 13, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inMusic

Israeli soldiers are singing it in Gaza, and American Jews in shul: How ‘Acheinu’ took flight amid crisis

Louis Keene by Louis Keene January 17, 2024January 17, 2024
John Zorn performs in Damrosch Park at Lincoln Center, New York City, July 30, 2016. (Photo/JTA-Ebet Roberts-Redferns via Getty Images)
Posted inMusic

The avant-garde Jewish music of John Zorn is finally streaming. And some of his fans are mad.

by Miri Villerius January 16, 2024
two people hug outdoors at night
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‘This is our tribe’: In a makeshift tent, survivors of the Nova Music Festival massacre strive for healing

by Lipaz Avigal January 2, 2024January 2, 2024
Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman's "Harmony" is now on Broadway. (Photo/JTA-Julieta Cervantes)
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Broadway’s ‘Harmony’ includes origin story of singer who became S.F. cantor

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz December 26, 2023December 28, 2023
(Photo/JTA-Getty Images; Collage/JTA-Grace Yagel)
Posted inObituaries

20 Jewish celebrities who died in 2023

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman December 19, 2023
Barbra Streisand with director William Wyler (left) and Omar Sharif on the set of the film "Funny Girl," 1968. (Photo/JTA-Columbia Pictures-Getty Images)
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The most Jewish moments from Barbra Streisand’s new memoir

by Stephen Silver December 5, 2023
Nes and Stilla in the music video for "Harbu Darbu."
Posted inMusic

Why the No. 1 song in Israel represents a radical shift in Israeli pop music

by Tani Levitt December 4, 2023
Willie "The Lion" Smith in his apartment in Manhattan, ca. January 1947. (Photo/William P. Gottlieb-Library of Congress)
Posted inMusic

Remembering Willie ‘The Lion’ Smith, one of jazz’s first Jewish stars

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert November 22, 2023November 22, 2023
As1one, from left, is: Nadav Phillips, Ohad Attia, Aseel Farah, Niv Lin, Neta Rozenblat and Sadik Dogosh. (Photo/JTA-Screenshot from TikTok)
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The world’s first Israeli-Palestinian boy band accidentally picked a wild moment to make their debut

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman November 22, 2023November 22, 2023

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