Mizmor shir l’yom haShabbat—“Let us sing a song to the day of Shabbat,” begins Psalm 92. And we still do, with new music for the Shabbat liturgy written every year. Here are five of the best recent ...
Listening to “The Shabbat Lounge” (Craig N Co.), the latest album in Craig Taubman’s “Lounge” series, your first thought is, “Gee, this is such a natural, why didn’t he begin the series with this one ...
As cantor at Touro Synagogue on St. Charles Avenue, David Mintz is in charge of all things musical, enhancing worship through sacred sound. But he says it wasn’t until he organized and led his first ...
The second weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts festival starts today. That means nearly 100,000 people will descend upon the Colorado Desert in Indio, California for what has become the ...
From conga drums to guitars, keyboards, woodwinds and strings, instruments are playing an increasingly central role in Conservative worship. But the practice is not without controversy. NEW YORK (JTA) ...
Prior to Cantor Kevin Margolius’ arrival in New Orleans from New Haven, Connecticut, his predecessors at Touro Synagogue briefed him on the annual Jazz Fest Shabbat. For three decades, the popular ...
Sign up for Forwarding the News, our essential morning briefing with trusted, nonpartisan news and analysis, curated by Senior Writer Benyamin Cohen. From its start ...
As the school year starts many little ones will be embarking on their first taste of formal Jewish education, and for many that begins at two years old in a preschool classroom. If your Jewish ...
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