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The war on jazz in Nazi Germany was never just about music. It was about control—of thought, of identity, of expression. It was a warning then, and it is a warning now. ...
Arrested and sent to Auschwitz, Louis Bannet faced a chilling ultimatum: Pass an audition for the camp orchestra or die. ...
This May, climate action organization Dayenu released “Rising Tides, Rising Voices: Songs for the Jewish Climate Movement,” a digital songbook, which brings together a diverse set of songs—Jewish and secular, English and Hebrew, chanted and sung—for Jewish climate activism. ...
In the 1940s and 1950s, an upstart group of Jewish records producers helped launch many of the biggest names in blues and R&B music, paving the way for the rock 'n' roll revolution. ...
Violins decorated with mother-of-pearl six-pointed stars have gained popularity and value with claims of Jewish or Holocaust origins. What do the experts say? ...
Additional answers to Moment's musical journey through time and space charting the breadth of the Jewish soul ...
When Moshe Ha Elion sings, his clear, strong voice intones the rise and fall of a life lost too soon. ...
Israel’s jazz scene has been around since British mandate times, but really came into its own in the 90s. Thanks to trailblazers like Avishai Cohen, Omer Avital, and Avi Lebovich, Israel’s jazz music is now celebrated internationally for its quality as well as its diversity - Israeli jazz is nearly ...
"The Guide is an excellent representation of contemporary Jewish Cultural Arts to be celebrated throughout the entire Jewish community and beyond." —James Goldman, Park Avenue Synagogue, NY. ...

By Josh Tapper On February 15, 1981, Michael Bloomfield’s body was discovered in a parked car on a San Francisco side

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The rabbi is dancing and singing, his congregation swooning, his synagogue…absent. We are watching an actor only pretend to be

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Brian Epstein, the man who discovered the Beatles and shaped them into the biggest music sensation of the 20th century,

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