This is the Forward’s coverage of Jewish music, including klezmer and other traditions.
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Books Leonard Cohen’s lost novel shows the artist’s surprisingly vulgar and violent side
The songwriter wrote the novel 'A Ballet of Lepers' in his early 20s, but didn't publish it in his lifetime
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Yiddish World Jewish־Ukrainian singer Kateryna Ostrovska produces album on the immigration experience
The goal of the project was to bring together artists who have family immigration experience to create a “spiritual homeland of the homeless.”
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Culture High Holiday event honors the early 20th century Black female cantor
Shahanna McKinney-Baldon channels Madame Goldye Steiner
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Culture The secret Jewish history of Bruce Springsteen
A streak of religious rebelliousness, struggle and redemption runs through his songs, making them sound a little, well, Jewish
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Culture How a Jewish folk song made it into a chart-topping rap banger
16-year-old producer Aviad Poznansky learned 'Yoel's Niggun' at Jewish summer camp. Now, it's part of rapper JID's newest hit, 'Dance Now.'
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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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Culture ‘My mayor Muslim, my bagel Jewish’ — the Knicks chant capturing New York’s soul
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