When I began working on my own original Jewish music album of Sabbath songs, I dutifully composed two tunes for “Lecha Dodi”—one slow, one fast. That album came out this week, and you can ...

Dan Epstein is the Forward’s contributing music critic. His books include ‘Now You’re One of Us: ... The Top 10 (Jewish) Valentine’s Songs. Copied to clipboard. For Web: Copy HTML.

His latest release is a ten-song album titled “Az Yashir: Songs for Shabbat.” The 10 songs on the album are programmed in the order they are sung on Shabbat.

Besides, so many of my favorite Christmas tunes are by Jewish composers. Only in America, as they say. The following, then, is a countdown of my personal Top 10 Christmas songs by Jewish songwriters.

Even though she isn’t Jewish, she wrote an original Hanukkah song, which inspired the Journal’s Jonathan Fong to interview Gibson in 2022 and find out the story.

Aaron Bendich, 29, runs Borscht Beat, an independent Jewish cultural project focused on Yiddish song and klezmer music, old and new. As part of Borscht Beat, Bendich, runs a record label ...

For my forthcoming Jewish music album, I actually adapted one of their songs—“Evening Prayer”—and set it to the biblical verses sung in synagogue on Friday nights to welcome the Sabbath.

On a recent evening, a group of Jewish women gathered at Chabad of Squirrel Hill to rehearse for an upcoming performance. It didn’t take the women long to learn the finale they will perform at ...

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WHAT: "Together in Song" is an exploration of Jewish and Black roots music with the Louisville Orchestra. WHEN : Jan. 13 at 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Whitney Hall at the Kentucky Center, 501 W. Main St ...