The musician and scholar Jeremiah Lockwood remembers soloists like Goldie Malavsky and Perele Feig, overlooked stars from the “Golden Age” of chazzanut. (New York Jewish Week) — Jeremiah Lockwood, the ...

Growing up, Hillel Friedman was afraid to sing. Now he leads the Woodbury Jewish Center as cantor. Friedman said his family has always listened to and appreciated Jewish music. He recalled attending ...

There’s nothing like good music to bring a community together and lift its spirits. Cantor Jacqueline Rafii of Valley Beth Shalom (VBS), who joined the Encino temple in 2022, had that in mind when she ...

Hazzan Jack Kessler is the frontman for Atzilut, a nine-member ensemble that performs Hebrew and Arabic music. Kessler is the singer who specializes in the Hebrew side of that partnership. His fellow ...

Temple Adat Shalom’s new cantor, Ben Rosner, has a big task ahead — incorporating his own ideas to the Poway synagogue while maintaining the traditions its former cantor established. As a successor to ...

“Persian Jewish melodies, to my knowledge, never have been transcribed,” and Cantor Jacqueline Rafii of Valley Beth Shalom has made it a life goal of her unique career to correct that absence. As one ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! In the Jewish tradition, the cantor leads the congregation in song and prayer. For ...

“We get lost, or are ineligible, in existing categories,” said Sarah Aroeste, who performs in Ladino. (J. The Jewish News of Northern California via JTA) — There is a Grammy Award for just about every ...

Rabbi Max Antman, Cantor Stefanie Greene, Rabbi Jonathan Hecht, Rabbi Jacki Honig, Rabbi Schachar Orenstein, Rabbi Allison Peiser, Cantor Josh Rosenberg, Cantor Rosalie Will, and Cantor Ross Wolman ...