This is the Forward’s coverage of Jewish music, including klezmer and other traditions.
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Yiddish World Klezmer star Daniel Kahn to receive the 2023 ‘Dreaming in Yiddish Award’
The award, in memory of the inspirational singer and activist Adrienne Cooper, will be presented at the Yiddish New York Festival.
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Culture With a new (old) album, a tour with (old) new songs, and a giant new book, Bob Dylan remains a neverending juggernaut
'Mixing Up the Medicine' and 'The Complete Budokan' are the latest releases from the Dylan empire
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Fast Forward Some Jewish musicians are asking Jewish critics of Israel to stop singing their songs at protests
"I cannot condone that organization using my song officially," Shoshana Jedwab said about IfNotNow
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Culture ‘Am Yisrael Chai’ has become an anthem for the Jewish people — but where did it come from?
Contrary to popular belief, the stirring song does not date back centuries
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Books A timeline of cultural events canceled since Hamas’ attack on Israel
In the wake of Hamas' Oct. 7 terror attack, widespread cancellations of events tied to Palestinian or Muslim communities have raised fears about free speech and censorship
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Music How a cult Scottish-Jewish rock band finally hit the Top 10 more than four decades after they broke up
In 1974, Gentle Giant released the song 'Proclamation.' In 2023, Travis Scott sampled it for his song 'Hyaena.'
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Fast Forward Wilco singer Jeff Tweedy offers Jewish prayer for healing amid Israel-Hamas war
His wife posted a video of him singing Debbie Friedman’s version of “Mi Shebeirach,” the Jewish prayer for healing, with his sons
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Art It was one of the strangest Jewish records ever made — good luck finding a way to listen to it
Avant-garde stalwart Lionel Ziprin once said his grandfather, Rabbi Nuftali Zvi Margolies, could sing better than Enrico Caruso
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Fast Forward Unarmed man who tackled Bondi Beach Hanukkah attacker identified as Ahmed al-Ahmed
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Opinion I grew up believing Australia was the best place to be Jewish. This Hanukkah shooting forces a reckoning I do not want.
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News Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes admits ‘at least 6 million’ Jews were killed in Nazi Germany
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Fast Forward Hanukkah shooting leaves at least 15 dead at Australia’s most popular beach
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Opinion The Maccabees taught us persistence and hope – even when the light flickers, as it has this Hanukkah
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Film & TV Rob Reiner asked the big questions. His death leaves us searching for answers.
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Fast Forward 22 arrested in Amsterdam protest over contentious Hanukkah concert featuring IDF cantor
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Fast Forward Drive-by shooting targets Jewish family’s Hanukkah display, police in California town say
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