Music CJM exhibit and concert to celebrate late singer Jewlia Eisenberg In honor of the late Bay Area musician Jewlia Eisenberg, the Contemporary Jewish Museum will host an immersive installation and concert of her music on… By J. Staff Sep 16, 2022
Music How a Jewish folk song made it into a chart-topping rap banger Notes from the summer camp office are not usually a good omen, especially when they begin with the words “from your mother.” But for 16-year-old music… By Tani Levitt, Forward Sep 2, 2022
Music Berkeley Jewish music retreat will be ‘a mini university’ For years, the East Coast has hosted the best Jewish music retreats, from Let My People Sing! in Falls Village, Connecticut to Hadar’s Rising Song… By Andrew Esensten Aug 22, 2022
Music Svika Pick, singer who coaxed Israel into the world of pop, dies at 72 Svika Pick, the singer whose plaintive voice lured Israel into the delights of pop banality, has died. Born Henryk Pick in Poland in 1947, Pick gave… By Ron Kampeas, JTA Aug 16, 2022
Music At this Yiddish music festival, tradition is everything — and nothing The dance workshop was in full swing, but catastrophe was afoot: Nobody understood how to make a four-pointed star. I’m referring to a folk dance pattern… By Irene Katz Connelly, Forward Jul 14, 2022
Film S.F. Jewish Film Fest: How Leonard Bernstein embraced his Jewishness Early in Leonard Bernstein’s career — before he had a career, really — one of his mentors suggested that such an obviously Jewish name as Bernstein would… By Julia M. Klein, Forward Jul 11, 2022
Music New single from Zusha features tune by Beth Jacob rabbi Rabbi Gershon Albert first sang his “Niggun Hodaah” for the members of Zusha in 2016, when the band spent a weekend as musicians in residence at Beth… By David A.M. Wilensky Jul 7, 2022
Dance How Israeli songs became part of Taiwan's folk dance obsession It was a cool spring day in Yilan, a town on Taiwan’s northeast coast known for its picturesque rice fields and delicious spring onions. On a concrete… By Jordyn Haime, JTA Jul 5, 2022
Culture Reboot Studios funds Jewish projects with Soloway, Mansbach and more When “Saturday Night Seder,” a Passover-themed virtual comedy show, was a hit at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, its funders realized there was a… By Andrew Lapin, JTA Jul 1, 2022