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December 11, 2024, 7:04 pm
Son of cantor, 11, makes Broadway debut in musical on drag queens
Yair Keydar has always been drawn to music, performing since he was a toddler while sharing the bimah with his cantor mom, and today attends the after-school Broadway Bound Academy
By
Steve North
August 13, 2024, 6:51 am
Prominent German cantor, opera singer killed in what police say was family dispute
Nikola David’s adult son being held on suspicion of manslaughter since Aug. 2 killing, which rocked Munich’s Jewish community
By
Toby Axelrod
April 12, 2024, 1:53 am
Jenni Asher is set to become first ordained Black woman cantor in the US
The accomplished violinist and cantorial soloist will be one of America’s two Black cantors upon her graduation
By
Andrew Esensten
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March 20, 2023, 2:04 pm
Mysterious mikveh fish helps educate kids about ritual bath
New children’s book harnesses childish curiosity and wonderment to expose very young readers to the deeper aspects of the Jewish purification ritual
By
Canaan Lidor
June 15, 2022, 1:34 am
Israeli singer Bat Ella brings her Hebrew versions of Debbie Friedman’s songs to NYC
The performer pays tribute to mark 11 years since the passing of her friend, mentor and fellow singer-songwriter whose vision revolutionized progressive Jewish prayer services
By
julia GERGELY
March 18, 2022, 3:50 am
Slain Broadway vocal coach and ‘honorary Jew’ is mourned by the cantors she nurtured
Barbara Maier Gustern, 87, died March 16 after an unprovoked attack. Her students recall her knowledge of Jewish music, which she picked up working for years in a synagogue
By
Jacob Henry
February 8, 2022, 4:14 am
This New York City cantor is making modern Yiddish music that swings
When he’s not leading prayers at the Lincoln Square Synagogue, Yisroel Leshes loves jazz – so it’s only natural that he’s doing a fusion of old, new and the swingin’ era in between
By
julia GERGELY
September 1, 2021, 4:18 pm
Headstone for long-forgotten Black cantor unveiled in NJ cemetery
With support of friends and interested strangers, researcher Henry Sapoznik dedicates memorial for lauded Yiddish performer Thomas LaRue Jones, who was buried in a potter’s field
By
Renee Ghert-Zand
March 9, 2021, 10:38 pm
California cantor helps fix a 63-year-old homophobic snub
Cantor Stephen Saxon convinces NJ Catholic Immaculate Conception High School to honor LGBTQ activist, politician and comedian Tom Ammiano’s track prowess 6 decades earlier
By
Gabriel Greschler
December 10, 2020, 9:17 pm
How Hanukkah returned to Amsterdam’s Royal Concert Hall, decades after Holocaust
In 2015, the 132-year-old venue revived an annual concert 70 years after the Nazis decimated Dutch Jewry, uniting the small community from Orthodox to unaffiliated
By
Cnaan Liphshiz
November 1, 2020, 10:10 pm
Yiddisher Black cantors from 100 years ago rediscovered thanks to rare recording
Discographer Henry Sapoznik tracks down record by international Yiddish-language performer Thomas LaRue, and slips into a rabbit hole of Black Jewish history
By
Renee Ghert-Zand
September 27, 2020, 4:40 pm
Two liturgical voices join forces for high holiday prayer duet
Cantor Yitzhak Meir Helfgot, recently recovered from coronavirus, and composer Rafi Biton collaborate for reworked ‘Avinu Malkeinu’
By
Jessica Steinberg
August 3, 2020, 3:45 am
For virtual High Holiday services, some US synagogues to outsource to the pros
Many non-Orthodox congregations will livestream due to the pandemic, and with location no longer an issue they’re reaching out to far-flung talent — to the consternation of some
By
Shira Hanau
May 22, 2020, 8:27 pm
In ‘Rewind,’ abused nephew revisits home movies to cauterize cantor’s abuse
Sasha Joseph Neulinger ‘cleans out old wounds’ to heal from trauma inflicted by family members — including prominent Temple Emanu-El cantor uncle — and prolonged legal drama
By
Renee Ghert-Zand
May 9, 2020, 11:13 am
Showtime’s president of entertainment is now a Zoom cantor
Having sung for years at LA’s Ahavat Torah synagogue, Gary Levine has had to adapt to the times, learning to accompany his prayers on the piano
By
Curt Schleier
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