Yochanan Gordon: Fried, Geffen Collaborate on ‘Betzoret’
Aside from the “Av” that begins both of their first names, or aleph beis if the letters were written in Hebrew, and the fact that Avraham Fried and Aviv...
Standing with Mordy Shapiro
By Yochanan Gordon
Reports yesterday, by a prominent Jewish News site, regarding mixed dancing at a Mordechai Shapiro concert at Binyamin Ha’umah last night, is an indication of the insidious...
Huey Lewis’ Personal Health Revelation Leads To Greater Awareness
By: Dr. Esther Fogel
Comprehensive Audiology
A few weeks ago, Huey Lewis, the singer famous for his many hit songs in the 1980’s, shocked his fans by cancelling all of...
Heard in the Bagel Store: He Could Be Something
Every now and then a story comes to your attention—or, in this case, to my attention—that is not relegated to the schedule or “to do” list to be addressed...
Daveed Diggs Wants You to Have a Puppy for Hanukkah
(JTA) — There’s a long history of Jewish artists releasing parody songs for Hanukkah, but this year’s most catchy addition to the holiday canon may be Daveed Diggs’ new...
Sarah Dukes Premiers ‘Yesterday Again’ a Song of Love and Loss
By Michele Justic
Acclaimed composer Sarah Dukes released her new single, “Yesterday Again” on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. This marks the first time Dukes composed lyrics to accompany her...
Gad Elbaz: Bridging The Spiritual Gap Through Music
By Rochelle Maruch Miller
Music is the...
A Modern Chanukah Miracle
By Yochanan Gordon
Well before founding this newspaper over twenty years ago, my father, the editor and publisher of 5TJT, began his career in the broadcasting industry in a nightly...
Notes From The Heart: The Musical Artistry Of Sarah Dukes
By Rochelle Maruch Miller
While most little girls her age were playing with their American Girl and Barbie dolls, collecting the “coolest” trends in toys, and trading stickers, eight-year-old Sarah...
Thousands of Brazilians Join Koolulam for YouTube Performance
BY MARCUS M. GILBAN
SAO PAULO (JTA) – Thousands of Brazilians, Jews and non-Jews, joined a popular Israeli musicale held for the first time in Latin America.
Some 3,000 people gathered Sunday...
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Netanyahu Expected to Freeze Judicial Reforms Amid Mass Civil Disobedience
(March 27, 2023 / JNS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to freeze his government’s judicial reform program on Monday.
He is set to deliver a speech...
True Character
Each one of Masechet Avot’s perakim begins with a central teaching. The fourth perek opens with Ben Zoma’s definition of four characters: the...
Heard In The Matzah Factory No More: A 5TJT Fan Relates
By Chaim Yehuda Meyer
I read with great interest Larry Gordon’s article, “The History of Cake” (March 17, 2023). Mr. Gordon reminiscences about the Passover...