Marx Brothers fans rejoice: There’s a recording of Harpo speaking
A tape of a benefit concert marks the only time the silent brother let himself be recorded speaking in performance
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Maestro Michael Tilson Thomas, celebrated conductor and Yiddish Theater royalty, dies at 81
The conductor led major symphonies and championed music education
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In Elie Wiesel’s latter years, he and I discussed the effects of the Holocaust. Those conversations are now an opera.
'The Dialogue of Memories,' based on conversations between Wiesel and Howard Reich premieres next month in Seattle
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An 82-year-old Jewish recording legend on his film directing debut: ‘I could have been good at this’
in 'Heart & Soul,' Kenny Vance pays tribute to the doo-wop legends who inspired his career
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s Broadway opus debuts in the U.S. — nearly 80 years late
'Silent Serenade,’ an undersung operetta, is premiering at Mannes Opera
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How I found freedom in a Passover Seder, an amp and a red Fender Duo-Sonic guitar
A $150 musical instrument and a gig at a cafeteria led me out of my personal Egypt
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How hundreds of forgotten klezmer tunes have been rescued from oblivion
Thanks to a mammoth Klezmer Institute digitization project, we can hear Jewish music that hasn't been played for generations
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‘Kavalier & Clay’ could be a Jewish-American ‘Ring Cycle’ — what would Richard Wagner think of it?
The adaptation of Michael Chabon’s novel traces a uniquely American mythology
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The Newport Folk Festival imagined a more equitable world — can that dream be revived?
Robert Gordon hopes his documentary about Newport will remind artists today about the power of song
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Is Britney Spears hot for Hasidic beards?
The popstar posted a cryptic Instagram admiring the whiskers of Chabadniks playing chess
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How the descendant of a notorious Jewish pirate became a swashbuckling rock ’n’ roll legend
Roxy Music's Phil Manzanera has crossed swords with Bryan Ferry, Brian Eno and Bob Dylan
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