“Understanding popular music -- how it was manufactured and consumed -- is one of the key elements to understanding Israeli culture,” according to Lewis H. Glinert, a professor of Asian and Middle ...
Put on your yarmulke: It’s time for Chanukah! Way back in 1994, Adam Sandler changed Chanukah forever when he performed “The Chanukah Song” on Saturday Night Live for the first time. (Sandler spells ...
In his introduction to this meticulously researched study of Jewish-influenced theatrical and popular music from 1914 to 1964, scholar and composer Gottlieb observes, ""For the first time since ...
“Lider mit Palestine” draws on Jewish music traditions to express solidarity with the Palestinians and opposition to the war. Yiddish is the language of the Jews of Eastern Europe and all the places ...