Jewish Music

I’d Rather Be Me: An Interview with Jewish Performer Shayna Goldberg

Cantor Rosalie Will

January 31, 2022

Twenty-year-old Shayna Goldberg is young adult songleader and performer with EPIC Players, a New York-based nonprofit theatre company that opens the stage to all types of artists and seeks to shine a light on neurodiverse talent. Along with her family, she is a part of the Adath Emanu-El community in Mount Laurel, N.J.

Yiddish

Meet the 27-Year-Old Who's Amplifying the Sounds of the Borscht Belt

Andrew Silow-Carroll

April 7, 2021

Growing up, Aaron Bendich would spend lots of time with his grandfather Max in the North Bronx, in a house “filled to the brim” with records, videotapes and CDs. Among Max’s collection were recordings of Yiddish songs and other Jewish music.

Fast forward a

The three members of Abraham Jam performing on stage together with purple lighting behind them

Interfaith Affairs

Seekers in Song: Meet Abraham Jam, the Muslim/Jewish/Christian Musical Trio

Aron Hirt-Manheimer

February 1, 2021

We chat with singer-songwriter, percussionist, and multi-instrumentalist Billy Jonas about Abraham Jam, a trio of internationally renowned musicians who have teamed up to create art strengthened by diversity.

Screenshot from of One Breath music video depicting various people singing on a Zoom screen

Racial Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion

“of One Breath”: A New Song and Video Represents the Way the World Should Be

C.E. Harrison

December 14, 2020

I want everyone to hear the poetry of these young people’s lives; they are about joy, accomplishment, and love. And I want others to join them. The lyric “We know we are whole” means all of us; the glue uniting us is God’s breath that we all have inside and deserves to be heard.

Screenshot from the video Puppy for Hanukkah of a child holding a puppy next to a Hanukkah menorah

Jewish Music

Daveed Diggs Has Dropped the Best (and Cutest) Hanukkah Song of 2020

Kate Bigam Kaput

December 4, 2020

This adorable new Hanukkah jam, replete with rapping kids, a bit of klezmer music, and gift-wrapped puppies at the end is exactly what we needed to bring much-needed light and levity to a difficult year.