This is the Forward’s coverage of Jewish music, including klezmer and other traditions.
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Music 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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Music 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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Culture How Black music brought me closer to Judaism
In those days in suburban Minneapolis, Jewish felt dorky; Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield and John Lee Hooker felt cool
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Fast Forward Following uproar, IDF cantor to perform at Amsterdam Hanukkah concert after all — but not for everyone
The Royal Concert Hall had canceled the performance over the singer’s ties to the Israeli army
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Fast Forward Amsterdam’s Royal Concert Hall cancels annual Hanukkah concert, citing singer’s IDF ties
Last year marked 10 years since the post-Holocaust revival of Amsterdam’s Hanukkah concert series
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Looking Forward Why does this Jewish music sound so Christian?
Joe Buchanan sets Jewish prayers and ideas into country ballads — an unusual combo
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Music 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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Fast Forward London music festival cancels Israeli DJ following outcry from Ravers for Palestine group
The Origins music festival cancelled the set following “concerns” about the Israeli DJ’s “background"
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