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Richard Shavei-Tzion

Sep 30, 2026, 12:19 AM

Remembering Isidore Patz…Twice!

Since I was a kid, I have had a passion for Jewish music that became immersed in my life, and has blessed me with joy, way beyond any dreams I may have had when I first encountered this beautiful...

Sep 25, 2026, 11:49 PM

Sweden’s Yiddish Story: How Sweden Became a Guardian of Yiddish

When travelers think about Sweden’s Jewish heritage, they may think first of Stockholm’s Great Synagogue, the rescue of Danish Jews during the Holocaust, or the remarkable story of Raoul Wallenberg. But there is another, less familiar chapter of Jewish...

Sep 23, 2026, 3:22 AM

The Maggid of Flatbush Pleased Heaven with ‘Nigun Shamil’ on Yom Kippur

When Rabbi Zalman Liberow sang a nigun cherished by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, an old melody of captivity and freedom became a prayer of return. There are moments in prayer when words are no longer enough. On Yom Kippur at Chabad Lubavitch...

Sep 17, 2026, 9:58 PM

Five Thousand Miles

My blog today - about flying last March, during the active part of the Iran war, from Israel to Canada - is in the form of a poem, which I set to music, and is a rock video on...

Sep 15, 2026, 12:20 AM

Remember Us for Life

For the past month, there has been a melody accompanying me. It is a melody for Ata Zocher, from our Rosh Hashana prayers: אַתָּה זוֹכֵר מַעֲשֵׂה עוֹלָם וּפוֹקֵד כָּל־יְצֽוּרֵי קֶֽדֶם You remember all the deeds of the world… every creation from...

Silas Anastacio

Sep 13, 2026, 11:49 PM

Exclusive: Laura Feldman on CIP’s 90-Year Legacy and Future Vision

Laura Feldman, President of the Congregação Israelita Paulista (CIP), reflects on the challenges of preserving Jewish identity in a changing world, the importance of dialogue, and the legacy her generation hopes to leave as the institution approaches its centennial. Founded...

Sep 10, 2026, 4:39 AM

All I Want for Taschlich is Crumb

I don't want a lot for Taschlich

With only days until Rosh Hashanah, I thought I’d share that timeless High Holy Day classic; All I Want for Taschlich is Crumb. While Mariah Carey’s version may be better known, this one won’t make you want to run...

Bernard P. Markowicz

Sep 6, 2026, 5:50 AM

Happy Birthday, Shalom Hanoch!

Photo by Bernard Markowicz

For six decades, he has shown that Israeli rock can be intimate, critical and unmistakably itself. On September 1, Shalom Hanoch turned 80. Israel’s Kan 88 marked the occasion with a four-hour listener poll and broadcast devoted to his music....

Michael Feldstein

Aug 24, 2026, 5:12 PM

The Melody We Thought Was Ancient

Credit: Gemini

There are very few musical composers who can say that their melody is sung every day by hundreds of thousands of children. Cantor Moshe Nathanson—who I’m guessing very few of my readers are even familiar with—is one of them. Who was...

Silas Anastacio

Aug 19, 2026, 4:16 AM

“A Place for Us” Celebrates CIP’s 90 Years at Sala São Paulo

With a stellar cast from Brazilian musical theater, the show brought together Broadway and Brazil in a night of music, memory, and emotion that will remain in the history of the Congregação Israelita Paulista (CIP). A packed Sala São Paulo,...

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