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The Yiddish Philharmonic Chorus celebrates its 100th anniversary with a rare Yiddish rendition of ‘Hatikvah’

A concert featuring songs of defiance becomes sadly relevant as Israel enters into a war with Hamas.

By Julia Gergely October 26, 2023 4:59 pm

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Beastie Boys Square

Jewish rappers Beastie Boys honored with Lower East Side street renaming

The corner of Ludlow and Rivington streets — where the shop featured on the Jewish rappers’ second album, “Paul’s Boutique,” once stood — is now known as Beastie Boys Square.

September 10, 2023 6:50 pm

‘Can You Dig It?’: New podcast traces how a Puerto Rican-Jewish gang leader helped create hip-hop in the Bronx

Benjamin “Yellow Benjy” Melendez and the Ghetto Brothers brokered a truce among 50 gangs that led to safer streets, a flourishing of public art and, ultimately, the birth of hip-hop.

September 1, 2023 4:22 pm

Kalb, center, leads a crowd of Jewish Deadheads in prayer at Citi Field's Jackie Robinson Rotunda on June 21, 2023. (Courtesy)

Rabbi leads prayer services for Grateful Dead fans at Citi Field

By Lisa Keys June 22, 2023 3:56 pm

Harry Belafonte, singer and civil rights activist who popularized ‘Hava Nagila’ in the US, dies at 96

By Lisa Keys April 25, 2023 3:43 pm

This rabbi and singer-songwriter is in a New York state of mind

By Lisa Keys April 4, 2023 4:08 pm

March comes in with a roar of new Yiddish music

By Jon Kalish March 3, 2023 2:56 pm

Christmas Carol Trio

‘Mercenaries for Jesus’: Christmas is a busy time for Jews who sing in churches

By Jacob Henry December 20, 2022 5:03 pm

A Brooklyn-based Israeli musician contemplates the meaning of ‘home’ in new album

By Emily Jaeger November 9, 2022 2:57 pm

Yiddish-rapping, shtreimel-wearing Lea Kalisch says she doesn’t ‘run’ toward controversy

By Alan Zeitlin August 19, 2022 12:01 pm

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