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Opera singer and Yiddish song interpreter Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell will join the band Veretski Pass for the opening concert of the JCC East Bay winter/spring music series on Feb. 21. (Photo/Clara Rice Photography)
Posted inMusic

A harmonious marriage of Negro spirituals and Yiddish song

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller February 14, 2019
David Yazbek, left, and Dean Sharenow, winners of Best Musical Theater Album for "The Band's Visit," pose in the press room at the Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Feb. 10, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Alberto E. Rodriguez-Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
Posted inCulture

‘The Band’s Visit,’ Drake win Grammy Awards

Marcy Oster by JTA and Marcy Oster February 11, 2019
Drake gets comfy in an armchair
Posted inCelebrity Jews

The Jews go to the Grammys, 2019 edition

by Nate Bloom February 7, 2019
a black and white of bernstein seated at a piano, making annotations on a piece of sheet music
Posted inMusic

A concert of cantors will pay tribute to the Jewish music of Leonard Bernstein

by Rob Gloster January 17, 2019
Russian-American singer-songwriter Psoy Korolenko on stage with the band (Photo/Roman Boldyrev, r-lerman.ca)
Posted inMusic

S.F.-produced ‘Yiddish Glory’ goes to the Grammys

Laura Pall by Laura Paull January 16, 2019January 17, 2019
Drake gets comfy in an armchair
Posted inMusic

The best Jewish hip hop (and hip hop by Jews) of 2018

Daniel Bromfield by Daniel Bromfield December 18, 2018December 18, 2018
in dramatic blue lighting, an acrobatic couple do an improbable thing with each other's bodies
Posted inOn Stage

Folk-singing duo and circus group partner up for ‘holy goofing’

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 12, 2018
Weisz in an ornate period costume takes aim with a pistol and grave expression
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Rachel Weisz up for Golden Globe! Philip Glass goes to Kennedy Center! Puppies!

by Nate Bloom December 12, 2018December 12, 2018
farrell tips his fedora
Posted inMusic

’90s rocker Perry Farrell + Chabad = Hanukkah at the Fillmore

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 26, 2018November 26, 2018
accordianist, violinist, and cellist stand playing joyfully
Posted inMusic

A daughter’s gift: Healing concert from local klezmer favorite Veretski Pass

by Rob Gloster November 15, 2018November 15, 2018

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