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Music Meet the musicians turning old Yiddish poems into 21st-century songs
Two new albums reimagine a centuries-old tradition of adapting poetry to music
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Culture Meet the Jewish songbird who dropped everything to save Ukrainian lives
Ukrainian American singer Daniil Cherkasskiy felt little connection to his home country. But after the Russian invasion, he knew what he had to do
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Books Growing up with a Jewish mom and a famous dad he never knew — the jazz musician Roy Ayers
Nabil Ayers' memoir reflects on family, identity and his journey to connect with a Black father who was 'really just DNA'
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Music How a blind Jewish boy from Baghdad became a great musician
'King of the Qanun': From Iraq to Israel, the life and legacy of Avraham Salman
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Culture Former White House speechwriter now singing a different tune in Boston
Joe Resnek's first album, '1,' reflects his roots in Chelsea, Massachusetts, a town formerly nicknamed 'Little Jerusalem'
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Music Is it possible to separate Roger Waters’ music from his politics?
The 78-year-old made his name with Pink Floyd, but his vocal opposition to Israel has complicated his relationship with his Jewish fans
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Music I was up onstage with Bob Dylan at Newport the night he went electric
For keyboardist Barry Goldberg, the legendary 1965 folk festival started out as a nightmare but ended up as a dream
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Culture ‘His Russia is now illegal in Russia’ — how exiled musicians are finding a home away from home
JetLAG bills itself as the largest festival of Russian, Slavic, Balkan and East European music in the US
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Opinion The two things I fear most after the horrifying attack on Jews in Boulder
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Opinion Were the attacks in Boulder and D.C. the product of ‘blood libel’? Not so fast
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