This piece originally appeared on Kveller. It’s hard to believe, but Saturday marks 10 years since the passing of Jewish musical icon Debbie Friedman, who died of pneumonia on Jan. 9, 2011, at age 59.

Inspired in part by all the Jewish artists on Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs, the Forward decided it was time to rank the best Jewish pop songs of all time. You can find the whole list ...

Flora Polnauer, 28, tilts back her head, half closes her eyes and hums a few bars of a song by her hip-hop/funk/reggae band HaGesher. The song is "Lecha Dodi," the Shabbat evening prayer—sounded over ...

The beloved Jewish folk song, which is about a century old, is appearing more and more at sporting events, private parties and trendy bars. By Alyson Krueger On a Monday afternoon in May, “Hava Nagila ...

In August 1945, as World War II was drawing to a close, a 10-year-old Jewish orphan named Valya Roytlender sang a song called "My Mother's Grave" to a Soviet ethnomusicologist in Bratslav, Ukraine.

This past week Rolling Stone magazine published an updated list of “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.” It was the first time the list has been updated since 2004, and out of curiosity, we combed the ...

Many of the songs to be performed will stem from the Jewish music revival launched by the late Debbie Friedman. Elana Arian has always associated Jewish music with summer camp. From the time she was a ...

https://doi.org/10.2979/israelstudies.17.1.157 • https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/israelstudies.17.1.157 Copy URL ABSTRACT The article discusses Naomi Shemer's ...

Jewish rock music is a relatively new concept among American Jews but has found its way into traditional services as a way to connect people to their faith. Rick Recht, song leader and legendary ...