Hanan Ben Ari

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman 5TJT: Your music seems to have a special theme to it—where you tap into genuine emotions that people feel in different stages of their lives and...

Yeshiva University Hosts Isru Chag Concert In Jerusalem Starring Ishay Ribo

Exemplifying its role as the flagship Jewish University, Yeshiva University presents the YU Isru Chag Concert, starring Ishay Ribo, on October 18, at the International Convention Center (Binyanei Hauma)...

The Miami Boys Choir TikTok Phenomenon: Perspectives of an Alumnus Star Soloist

By Dr Jonathan Paley It all started when my phone exploded one day about two weeks ago. Patients, friends, and random people were sending me messages that I, Jonathan Paley,...

The Sound Of Music

By Larry Gordon This past Tuesday here in Cedarhurst the summertime concert series featured a Beach Boys copycat band that drew a big crowd and a sound that was not...
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הושיעה את עמך | Dedicated to Rabbi Dr. Abraham Twerski Zt’zl

Today I spent the day in the studio recording more of the Chasidic Stories that we have been sharing. It felt so ironic to be speaking about Rebbes of...

Jewish Artists Make Waves With Grammy Nominations

(JTA) — This year’s Grammy Awards will almost certainly be different from past years, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. But despite the lack of details surrounding the ceremony, it’s...
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Larry Gordon Podcast: Father & Daughter Talk About Music

In episode 4, Larry Gordon and his daughter Malkie Gordon Hirsch discuss the pros and cons of Jewish vs. secular music. Ishai Ribo vs. Bruce Springsteen, Simon & Garfunkel...

Carlebach Remembered on His 26th Yahrzeit

By The Jerusalem Post We could all do with an injection of joy and light these days, something with which, for many, Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach was synonymous. The feel-good factor will...

The High Holidays: Why Are We Here?

  By Sam Glaser My favorite comic strip gag of the season is Bart Simpson at the blackboard scrawling repeatedly, “I won’t count how many pages are left in the Machzor”...

Rainbow: A Song of Healing and Hope for the New Year

By Toby Klein Greenwald Shortly following the Gulf War, in 1991, I was invited to write a first-person essay on the war by Rabbi Matis Greenblatt, the literary editor of...
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