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Ben Ammi Ben Israel celebrating New World Passover with his followers in Dimona, Israel, May 2013. (Photo/Andrew Esensten)
Posted inAnalysis

‘Black people are actually Jew[s]’: The historical origins of Kanye West’s inflammatory comments

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten and JTA October 12, 2022August 27, 2023
Coolio in 1995, the year of “Gangsta’s Paradise.” (Photo/Forward-Steve Eichner-Getty Images)
Posted inMusic

RIP Coolio, who breathed new life into a familiar psalm

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward September 29, 2022
Singer Jewlia Eisenberg died in 2021 at the age of 50. (Photo/Robin Hultgren)
Posted inCulture

CJM exhibit and concert to celebrate late singer Jewlia Eisenberg

by J. Staff September 16, 2022September 19, 2022
JID performing at the Governors Ball music festival in New York City. (Photo/Forward-Getty Images)
Posted inCulture

How a Jewish folk song made it into a chart-topping rap banger

by Tani Levitt and Forward September 2, 2022
A Shabbat service at Urban Adamah in 2017. (Photo/File)
Posted inMusic

Berkeley Jewish music retreat will be ‘a mini university’

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 22, 2022August 26, 2022
Israeli singer Svika Pick, who died Aug. 14, 2022, at the age of 72, in 1985. (Photo/JTA-Moshe Shai-Flash90)
Posted inMusic

Svika Pick, Eurovision-winning singer who coaxed Israel into the world of pop, dies at 72

by Ron Kampeas and JTA August 16, 2022
Audience members jump up to dance during a concert at Yidstock. (Photo/Forward-Ben Barnhart)
Posted inUncategorized

At a Yiddish music festival in bucolic Massachusetts, tradition is everything — and nothing

by Irene Katz Connelly and Forward July 14, 2022July 14, 2022
Leonard Bernstein
(Photo/Courtesy Jewish Film Institute)
Posted inCulture

S.F. Jewish Film Fest: How Leonard Bernstein embraced his Jewishness — and changed the world

by Julia M. Klein and Forward July 11, 2022July 26, 2022
Rabbi Gershon Albert of Oakland's Beth Jacob Congregation wrote the tune for a new single from the hipster Hasid duo Zusha.
Posted inMusic

New single from hipster Hasid band Zusha features tune by Oakland’s Rabbi Gershon Albert

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky July 7, 2022July 7, 2022
A Taiwanese dance teacher practices Israeli folk dance in Yilan, Taiwan. (Photo/JTA-Jordyn Haime)
Posted inCulture

Folk dance is a national pastime in Taiwan. Israeli songs are a big part of the tradition.

by Jordyn Haime and JTA July 5, 2022

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