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Music of Shabbat to Soothe the Troubled Heart

October 17, 2023/ByEileen Wingard/InEvents/0 Comment

If music can soothe the troubled heart, the music of Shabbat may be particularly effective with its prayer chants for peace, for healing, and for the departed. The next Treasures from the Music Collection of the Astor Judaica Library program will feature the Music of Shabbat and will take place Thursday afternoon, October 19, 2-3:30 […] Read More

From the stage production, “Best Friends,” part of the Stav Festival in New York City from Sept. 28 through Oct. 29, 2023. Photo by Ohad Kab.

Stav Festival to fuse Israeli art, stage and musical performances

September 27, 2023/ByJNS/InNews/0 Comment

The Israeli Artists Project is holding the Stav Festival, named after the Hebrew word for “fall,” from Sept. 28 through Oct. 29 in New York City. With participation from 100-plus Israeli artists, the program offers a mix of theatrical plays, live music performances, an art exhibit, children’s activities and interactive workshops. “It is strategically timed around the Jewish […] Read More

Chassidic singer ‘Dedi’ Graucher dies at age 62

September 18, 2023/ByJewish Website/InNews/0 Comment

After years fighting a serious illness, Oded Dovid (“Dedi”) Graucher died in Jerusalem on Sept. 11. Graucher rose to prominence following the release of his second album, 1993’s “Ratza” with its epic title track making him famous in the world of Jewish music. He would record six more albums through 2003, followed by singles in 2008 and […] Read More

Holocaust-memory program centers on World War II-era musical instruments

August 25, 2023/ByBradley Martin/InNews/0 Comment

After World War II, Palestine Symphony Orchestra musicians who wanted nothing to do with their German-made instruments offered Moshe Weinstein an ultimatum. Weinstein had trained as a violinist and violin maker in Vilnius, then part of Poland, and moved in 1938 to Mandatory Palestine, where he opened a violin shop. The musicians told him of […] Read More

Photo: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

‘Pee-wee’s Playhouse’ star Paul Reubens dies at age 70

July 31, 2023/ByJewish Website/InNews/0 Comment

“Please accept my apology for not going public with what I’ve been facing for the last six years,” a post on Paul Reubens’s Instagram account noted on Monday. “I have always felt a huge amount of love and respect from my friends, fans and supporters. I have loved you all so much and enjoyed making art for […] Read More

‘Fiddler on the Roof’ lyricist Sheldon Harnick Z”L dies at 99

June 26, 2023/ByJewish Website/InNews/0 Comment

The Songwriters Hall of Fame was saddened to learn of the passing of 1972 inductee and 1990 Johnny Mercer Awardee, Sheldon Harnick. Born and raised in Chicago, Sheldon Harnick began studying the violin while in grammar school. After serving in the U.S. Army for three years, he enrolled in the Northwestern University School of Music, and earned a Bachelor […] Read More

Adi Yehuda (blue uniform, center) and the Special in Uniform band perform their 500th show, at the Zappa Club in Tel Aviv, June 2023. Credit: Judy Lash Balint

IDF’s ‘Special in Uniform’ band hits 500-show milestone

June 7, 2023/ByJudy Lash Balint/InArticles, News/0 Comment

Most Israeli bands and performers would be happy to land a few gigs a month, but how many have clocked 500 performances in the past 14 months? Earlier this week, the Special in Uniform (SIU) Band of the Israel Defense Forces rocked the popular Zappa Club in Tel Aviv with their 500th performance in less than […] Read More

Flagstaff Klezmer Orkestra

March 15, 2023/By/InUncategorized/1 Comment

Scott Gerber

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Band places impressive song in impressive Hanukkah film

December 23, 2022/ByAlan Zeitlin/InNews/0 Comment

The latest entry to the ever-growing musical category of “modern Hanukkah songs” has arrived. Distant Cousins—the popular Los Angeles-based band featuring former Blue Fringe frontman Dov Rosenblatt, Moshav’s Duvid Swirsky and singer-songwriter Ami Kozak—has a new song, “My Eight Favorite Nights,” which appears in the Hallmark Channel film “Hanukkah on Rye,” which aired Dec. 18 and can […] Read More