This is one of the greatest holidays in the year for musicians, perhaps the busiest, and so there are many songs and performances of Purim songs.

Hebrew scholar and Jewish academic Irene Lancaster reflects on Purim and Jewish-Christian dialogue. Purim starts tonight and ...

Every culture has its cultural icons—artists, musicians, and actors who don’t just reflect their time but shape it, bend it, and redefine it. In Israel, it used to be that the dominant voices in music ...

In "Last Call," actor and singer Helen Schneider takes on the role of Leonard Bernstein, one of her early heroes.

Everybody is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day, but if your name is Eisenhower, you’ve got to wear something green to show it.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower ...

The Shvesters (Yiddish for “The Sisters”) now have 134,000 followers on Instagram and 24,500 on TikTok. In the history of ...

From Salem Horror Fest to Independent Film Festival Boston, WBUR film critic Erin Trahan rounds up 12 ways to connect to community through cinema this spring.

The classic musical Fiddler on the Roof tells the story of a Jewish father trying to lead his five daughters in a changing world during a time of oppression from Imperial Russia.

NEW YORK - Police say over 150 people stormed both inside and around Trump Tower in Midtown, with 98 arrested in a show of solidarity for Mahmoud Khalil. Khalil, a U.S. resident, was arrested in New ...

Throw a piece of Yeezy gear in the trash can and you'll get a t-shirt in exchange. All in the name of standing up to bigotry.

An “evil” teenager has been locked up for life for stabbing 15-year-old Elianne Andam to death in a row over a teddy bear.