On a recent evening, a group of Jewish women gathered at Chabad of Squirrel Hill to rehearse for an upcoming performance. It didn’t take the women long to learn the finale they will perform at “The ...

A concert at JCC Manhattan will celebrate “Kapelya,” the first recording of Hasidic nigunim performed exclusively by women. (JTA) — As a child growing up in the Chabad Hasidic community of Crown ...

Upshtat Zingerai play Jewish simhah dance music for a wedding at the South Shore Cultural Center. From left to right: Emma Blau, Jonah Lazarus, Qi Yang, Hannah Mira Friedland, and Ethan Aronson Credit ...

Khazonim, or cantors, like Yossele Rosenblatt and Gershon Sirota — once household names that commanded massive respect and ...

(RNS) — Jessica Roda's new book explores how women in Haredi communities are embracing and creating digital arts tailored to the gender-segregated world of women. (RNS) — The world of Haredi Jews is ...

This production of “The Sound of Music” is likely to be a one-of-a-kind experience. Captain von Trapp, Rolf Gruber (the young Austrian telegram boy) and every other male role in this iconic musical ...

Musicologist Uri Schreter shows how postwar trends played out on the dance floor. Of course we also wanted to dance to rock ‘n’ roll and needed musicians who could handle Sinatra for our parents’ ...

To celebrate International Women’s Day, the Jewish Journal has curated a list of 18 badass Jewish women who are killing it on social media. They’re breaking barriers, creating original content, and ...

In her new biography of Carole King, Jane Eisner imagines the singer-songwriter’s life in four movements. First there was Carol Joan Klein from the Jewish neighborhood of Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, who ...