The new face of Jewish pop music wears a black hat and jacket and a long beard. He embeds divrei Torah in his songs, which rely heavily on Jewish content. But his songs don’t come from the shtetl.

Sixty-two years ago, Allan Sherman was all the rage. Sherman, the singer and comedian who specialized in wry song parodies ...

Jill Sobule, the Jewish pop singer whose hit “I Kissed A Girl” topped charts in the 1990s, has died at 66. The cause of death was a fire at her home outside Minneapolis, her publicist announced late ...

Listening to performers like Gracie Abrams and Haim helps a teen musician find a Jewish identity that feels authentic to her. This article was produced as part of JTA’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a ...

“It’s beautiful to be in the room singing along to songs about what it means to be a Jew,” one attendee said. (New York Jewish Week) — The 15,000 people who gathered in Madison Square Garden for ...

The passing of Jewish music luminaries in pop, rock, classical, films, and Broadway shows will be honored at the Grammys ceremony–with its traditional In Memoriam segment–on Sunday, February 4. With ...

The 2025 JxJ: DC Jewish Film & Music Festival will take place from May 8-18, showcasing over 25 international screenings and concerts. The festival, a dynamic blend of cinematic and musical talent, ...

On Nov. 20, Mostly Kosher brought its unique flair of klezmer rock to UCLA. The band – which focuses on traditional klezmer music with modern genres ranging from jazz and Latin to rock and folk – ...

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 ...

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 ...