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Jacob's Ladder (Photo/Louise Bichan)
Posted inCulture

‘Jewgrass’ band Jacob’s Ladder to perform at Base Bay

by J. Staff March 8, 2023March 8, 2023
Lior Ben-Hur teaches music at Camp Ramah. (Photo/Courtesy Ben-Hur
Posted inCulture

Israeli-born musician Lior Ben-Hur puts his ‘Heart’ into Bay Area music education

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene February 22, 2023February 23, 2023
Mikey Pauker, seen here performing at Cornerstone Brewery in Berkeley, is one of the musicians behind a petition to add a Jewish music category to the Grammys. (Photo/Courtesy Pauker)
Posted inCulture

Why these two musician friends want the Grammys to add a Jewish music category

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten February 17, 2023February 17, 2023
L. Peter Callender as Louis Armstrong in "Satchmo at the Waldorf." (Photo/Dave Lepori)
Posted inTheater

‘Satchmo at the Waldorf’: San Jose play probes Black jazz great’s ties with Jews

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten February 10, 2023February 13, 2023
Asher Shasho Levy is the hazzan at The Kitchen, an independent synagogue in San Francisco.
Posted inMusic

Meet Asher Shasho Levy, The Kitchen’s new hazzan and oud master

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert February 6, 2023September 24, 2023
From left: Karen Murphy (Sandra Day O’Connor), Stephanie Prentice (Sonia Sotomayor), and Lynda DiVito (Ruth Bader Ginsburg) in rehearsal for "Justice" at Marin Theatre Company. (Photo/Kevin Kopjak)
Posted inCulture

‘JUSTICE’: Marin musical spotlights a singing Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Sarah Rosen by Sarah Rosen February 1, 2023February 6, 2023
Lara Downes (left) and Daniel Hope
Posted inMusic

Pianist and classical music ambassador Lara Downes to stream Holocaust Remembrance Day concert

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten January 27, 2023January 27, 2023
Rabbi Joe Black (Photo/Bart Levy)
Posted inMusic

Musician Rabbi Joe Black brings his sabbatical songs to Bay Area

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert January 20, 2023January 23, 2023
Ezra Furman performs in London, England, August 14, 2019. (Photo /JTA-Robin Little-Redferns)
Posted inMusic

On Twitter, Jewish trans musician Ezra Furman calls out Orthodox queerphobia

by Evelyn Frick and Hey Alma January 17, 2023January 17, 2023
Members of the choirs of Temple Sinai of Oakland and St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Berkeley in Israel
Posted inMusic

Temple and church choirs sing across Israel on interfaith trip

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten January 3, 2023January 4, 2023

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