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Head of band says he wants to preserve the roots of the music but is equally keen to present the material in a contemporaneously compatible manner.

Amid the ongoing war with Hamas, Jerusalem's Ladino Orchestra has become a healing mobile music unit available to all who call upon it across the country.

“It’s a bit different, I’ll say that much,” said Rabbi Samuel Spector, who leads Utah’s largest synagogue.

35 years after his death in a jail cell, the music of the legendary Mizrahi singer and convicted rapist is more popular than it was in his lifetime - even in the post-#MeToo era

From the blog of Mohamed Chtatou at The Times of Israel

Whether performed at the start of a basketball game or the swearing-in of IDF soldiers at the Western Wall, “Hatikvah” moves, inspires and challenges us to appreciate how fortunate our generation is.

(JTA) - A few years ago, Rachel Picado attended a Utah Jazz game in Salt Lake City with Israeli diplomat Eitan Naeh, who was visiting from Los

Use of centuries-old Jewish folk tune to celebrate NBA victories draws confusion, support and accusations of cultural appropriation from spectators

For more than a decade, the Utah Jazz have celebrated home victories by playing “Hava Nagila,” the Hebrew staple of Jewish weddings and bar and bat mitzvah parties.

For more than a decade, the Jazz have celebrated home victories by playing “Hava Nagila,” the Hebrew staple of Jewish weddings and bar and bat mitzvah parties.