This is the Forward’s coverage of Jewish music, including klezmer and other traditions.
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Culture Spotify is generating Jewish playlists. But are they Jewish at all?
"Jewish writer Wednesday morning" was the title of an algorithmically-personalized playlist that, unfairly, I did not receive
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Culture What’s Jewish about the jam band Phish? Many things, according to a new book.
'This Is Your Song Too: Phish and Contemporary Jewish Identity' explores the the relationship between the band and Jewish fans through a series of essays
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Opinion Jewish Phish fans swim in their own holy waters
For many Jewish Phish fans, concerts are a joyful space to connect with other Jews, celebrate tradition — and even catch a signature High Holidays prayer.
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Fast Forward Andrea Pancur, singer who bridged German and Yiddish song traditions, dies at 54
A Catholic with roots in Slovenia, she found connections between klezmer music and the folk songs of her native Bavaria
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Music Ecstatic, spiritual, Jewish music — only this time with a more diverse audience and a lot more bass
As the leader of Raza, Chana Raskin sings nigunim as a way to connect with the divine
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Music ‘Planet of the Bass’ is the new Jewish prayer for peace
Now that we have a video and all of the words, we know Kyle Gordon has gifted us the new go-to antiwar anthem
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Fast Forward From Rick Rubin to Doja Cat, Jews have helped shape the first 50 years of hip-hop
Many Jewish rappers, managers and industry executives from different backgrounds and nationalities have left their mark on hip-hop culture
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Fast Forward Performing hasidic music, these women are transcending gender and the Orthodox-liberal divide
A concert at JCC Manhattan will celebrate 'Kapelya,' the first recording of hasidic nigunim performed exclusively by women
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