Synthesizers
Three young composers—Dalit Hadass Warshaw, Yoav Gal, and Judd Greenstein—are combining classical music with Jewish sources in ways that are challenging, fresh, and utterly compelling
Song and Prayer
The musician Debbie Friedman, who died Sunday, helped inaugurate liberal Judaism’s sing-along style of worship and awaken her listeners to an inclusive, progressive, and accessible strain of spirituality
Voice of Peace
Elie Wiesel took to the 92Y stage this week for an evening of Yiddish standards, childhood reminiscences, and Borscht Belt shtick. Somehow it worked.
Plucky Move
A picture of his Polish grandfather’s mandolin orchestra inspired Avner Yonai to start his own
Fusion Confusion
A new CD claims to shine a light on a secret chapter in black-Jewish music history, but the secret is long out
Imagined Harmonies
Two musicians find inspiration in the idea of Jews and non-Jews living side-by-side
Sub-Saharan Fusions
How an American saxophonist came to cut a record with a group of Ugandan Jews
Ben-Gurion
Cheap Eats
An entrepreneur opened a Jewish-themed restaurant in Lviv, Ukraine. Chopped liver is on the menu, but not its price—diners get to haggle over it.
Grace Notes
Orthodox klezmer and bluegrass virtuoso Andy Statman and evangelical country star Ricky Skaggs cross genres and faiths to form a mighty duo
Goodbye to All That
For generations, the Jews of Caracas had idyllic weather, prosperity, and vibrant communal organizations. Things have changed under Hugo Chávez.
