New York

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The Musical December Dilemma

The outlines of Jewish assimilation and identity in Idelsohn Society’s Christmas/Chanukah 2-CD set.

A Little Chanukah Magic

The ‘Flying Latke’ features a food fight, a media frenzy and a UFO scare.

Ideas

Regarding “Grooving The Cantorial Tradition” (Nov. 2), chazzanut, or, the cantorial art, is often equated to opera, and being a fan of both, I must acknowledge to having heard “improvizatya” at both. Most often, it was the tenor who could not hit the high note — or felt that way before attempting it — who […]