'Melodies of Hope': Days of Jewish Music festival dives into Jewish music’s diversity

Bar-Ilan’s Days of Jewish Music festival explores global Jewish sounds under the theme “Melodies of Hope. ” What could be ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Woodstock, but make it Orthodox: A Jewish music festival comes to the Catskills

Yamim Ba’im, starring Orthodox Israeli superstar Ishay Ribo, will take place Aug. 7 at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts — the same site as the legendary 1969 Woodstock Festival. An Orthodox Jewish ...
The Jewish Exponent

Kesher Israel Congregation in West Chester Enhances Worship Through Music

Kesher Israel Congregation in West Chester is bringing a new dimension to its prayer services via some uncommon instruments. Years ago, Rabbi Sam Yolen attended services at a New York synagogue that ...
The Forward

Two women race to save Persian Jewish music before it fades

In the 1950s, Younes Dardashti, a Jewish man from Tehran’s Jewish ghetto, became one of Iran’s most celebrated singers. As the country underwent rapid secularization under the Shah, Jewish communities ...