Music: Israeli & Jewish Music
How Herb Alpert made the most underrated Jewish Christmas album of all time
Phil Spector’s “A Christmas Gift for You” is the best Jewish Christmas album all time. But let’s not forget Herb Alpert’s “Christmas Album” either.
Oh, great, Benjamin Netanyahu performed a duet with an Israeli pop star
It like the vibe from those Lady Gaga-Tony Bennet albums, if Tony Bennet were an indicted world leader facing his fourth election in two years
How a search for Jewish inclusion helped create ‘Puppy for Hanukkah’
“Puppy for Hanukkah” was meant to convey the oft-overlooked diversity of the Jewish community.
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The Meteoric Rise Of The A Capella Hanukkah Video — How A Holiday Force Awakened
10 years ago, Hanukkah came and went without much to-do on YouTube. Then, latkes and dreidels went viral.
In latest 2020 surprise, Bob Dylan sells his catalog to Universal
The deal is a landmark agreement not just for Dylan, but for the entire music industry.
Reclaiming Salome as seductress, murderess and misunderstood Jew
The album “Salomé: Woman of Valor” dissects the myth of the infamous dancer and restores her to a Jewish context.
Cantor’s new record mixes pop and prayer
Los Angeles-based musician, vocalist and cantor, Daniela Gesundheit, released her newest album, “Alphabet of Wrongdoing.”
Why Trump has to stop playing ‘God Bless America’ and ‘Hallelujah’
People were right to be mad about Trump’s use of “Hallelujah,” but playing “God Bless America” is even worse.
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On Don Henley’s birthday, the Secret Jewish History of The Eagles
On the title track of the album “On the Border,” the narrator contemplates conversion from Judaism to Christianity.
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Woody Guthrie’s Jewish Soul And The Tale Of A Tulsa Tallis
A tallis? In Woody Guthrie’s Tulsa of all places?