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Rachel Sharansky Danziger

Aug 28, 2026, 3:14 PM

Dolly’s riches and my new-baby haze are improving Israel’s election season

The 'Coat of Many Colors' on display at Dolly Parton's Chasing Rainbows museum at Dollywood. The coat on display is a reproduction, made by Parton's mother, Avie Lee, of the original. (Wikipedia)

When I can give all of my attention to Israeli politicking, I'm at risk of missing the important stuff, buried amid the barrages of ugly accusations.

Aug 27, 2026, 9:30 PM

A Dolly Parton Soundtrack for Elul and Tishrei

For a long time I've felt connected to the music of Dolly Parton. Journeying through Elul and learning the news of her passing just a couple of days ago, I have been listening to a playlist of some of...

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,...

Michel M.J. Shore

Aug 17, 2026, 7:00 PM

To Respond in Chorus to Each Person’s Music

To Respond in Chorus to each Person's Music Music combined with paintings portray life. All we see does have its background music; It is life’s echo, reverberating To the essence of our senses with scent. Every street, house, landscape and seascape Has its composition, as...

Joseph P. Rhinewine

Aug 15, 2026, 9:42 AM

Roger Waters Was Right About Technology

I have loved Pink Floyd since I was ten years old. At 56, I remain a devotee, especially of the frisson-and-trance-inducing body of work they produced from 1966 through 1975. I love the playful prodromal psychosis of Syd Barrett’s...

Aug 11, 2026, 6:25 PM

Songs of Survival and Hope – Sagui Dekel-Chen

On a warm August night before an audience of thousands at Kibbutz Nir Oz, a place that sits almost adjacent to Israel’s border with Gaza, Sagui Dekel-Chen hosted Songs of Survival and Hope. A concert that once seemed barely...

Aug 11, 2026, 7:49 AM

Boy George–We Will Dance Again

Moshe stared at the screen of his iPhone, smiled, and said, " Mordechai, this one video makes life worth living." "Which one?" Mordechai inquired. "The one by that English-born Catholic lad from a working-class Irish family. The one he sings with...

Valerie Robin Clayman

Aug 4, 2026, 7:20 PM

Let’s hear it for the Boy. George.

Music is life to me. I have meticulously soundtracked specific years, months, and events in my memory palace. My personal music collection holds over one thousand compact discs and over three hundred vinyl albums. I have attended over two...

Silas Anastacio

Aug 1, 2026, 10:09 AM

The Jews Who Helped Build Broadway: Inside A Place for Us–From Broadway to Brazil

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When we think of Broadway, dazzling musicals, bright theaters, and legendary performers immediately come to mind. What many don’t realize is that much of this history was shaped by Jewish immigrants who found in art a way to rebuild...

Jul 31, 2026, 8:18 AM

The Musician I Let Pass Me By

I shuffled through songs in the car as I searched for parking in Beverly Hills on a Tuesday afternoon. The stakes were high. I needed the perfect song to end my drive with. As I heard the first chords,...

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