Have you ever thought about what makes a good song? The Virginia-born Miri Hunter Haruach, who lives in Los Angeles, is a folk singer, playwright, student of Judaism and proud purveyor of a doctorate ...
<"Music and song are central to my life." The writer is in the front row, third singer from the right. Courtesy of HaZamir: The International Jewish High School Choir When the school year begins I am ...
In times of peril, writes a Jewish studies scholar, Jews must learn to hope in a minor key. This story was originally published on My Jewish Learning. (JTA) — On Saturday morning, most of the ...
King David playing the lyre in a scene from a 15th-century manuscript of the Book of Psalms. Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images/Hulton Archive via Getty Images The earliest musical ...
This Saturday, Feb. 11, many Jews will celebrate Shabbat Shirah, the Sabbath of Singing, which commemorates one of the most vivid musical performances in the Hebrew Bible: the songs sung by Moses and ...
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“Louder!” a woman hollered from the back of the auditorium. Onstage, Elam Rotem paused in the middle of a sentence. His eyebrows inched towards his hairline. It was a gentle night in late February, ...