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Recording artist Neil Sedaka poses for a portrait Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010 in New York. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen, File)
February 28, 2026, 2:05 am
Neil Sedaka, singer-songwriter behind dozens of 1960s and 1970s hits, dead at 86
Brooklyn-born son of Jewish taxi driver who last performed in Israel in 2010 was known for hits ‘Breaking up is hard to do’ and ‘Laughter in the rain’ and shined in post-Elvis, pre-Beatles era
By AP
Carole King performs in New York's Central Park on May 26, 1973. (AP Photo/Ray Stubblebine, File)
December 28, 2025, 2:33 am
How ‘Natural Woman’ Carole King defied societal expectations to achieve pop stardom
Former Forward editor Jane Eisner’s new biography tracks the Jewish artist from her native NYC to California, where she recorded hit album ‘Tapestry,’ through multiple marriages in Idaho
By Rich Tenorio
An AI generated clip from Yoni Bloch's new song, 'Happy Ending,' released in January 2025, imagining the return of all the remaining hostages in Gaza and a new Middle East (Screengrab: YouTube)
January 13, 2025, 4:56 pm
AI music clip imagines all hostages released, a new MidEast
Yoni Bloch and Barak Feldman put all their hopes and dreams into ‘Happy Ending,’ envisioning the captives home, parties on the Temple Mount, and no more need for IDF recruits
By Jessica Steinberg
Benj Pasek (from left), Justin Paul, Marc Shaiman, and Scott Wittman, pose with their Emmy Award for their work on 'Only Murders in the Building' at Peacock Theater on September 8, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (KEVIN WINTER Getty Images via AFP)
September 10, 2024, 7:56 am
Jewish songwriter enters elite club of EGOT winners after nabbing Emmy
Benj Pasek becomes 8th Jew and 20th person to be awarded an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony, winning the honors alongside his writing partner Justin Paul
By Shira Li Bartov
Eden Golan, Israel's Eurovision participant, as she arrived home in Israel on May 12, 2024. (Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
July 29, 2024, 6:55 pm
Eden Golan’s managers deploy AI to help writers produce hit songs
Session 42, the studio that brought Israel’s contestant to the 2024 Eurovision, is offering an innovative option for performing artists
By Jessica Steinberg
Sheva Elliot turned to her own community for support when times were tough, and found that they were there for her. (Georgia VanNewkirk)
August 19, 2023, 3:53 am
Singer-songwriter Sheva Elliot lays bare her vulnerabilities in blues-infused debut
The LA-based musician combines her childhood musical influences on ‘Pay the Priestess,’ and even recorded the album on the same equipment used by Gladys Knight and Marvin Gaye
By Cathryn J. Prince
FILE - Barry Mann, left, and Grammy-winning lyricist Cynthia Weil pose for a picture at the 57th annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center on February 8, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
June 12, 2023, 11:28 am
Songwriter Cynthia Weil, Grammy-winning lyricist, honored at California memorial
Guests sing along to songs she co-wrote with Barry Mann and others over decades-long career: ‘She left a great body of work’
By Christopher Weber
Singer/songwriter Eytan Peled, who sings and writes music in English, Arabic and Hebrew, and is on the songwriting team for this year's Eurovision star, Noa Kirel (Courtesy)
November 11, 2022, 12:26 pm
Podcast: Israeli pop star songwriter brings message — in Arabic — to latest single
US-born Eytan Peled writes songs in English, Arabic and Hebrew, and wants to bridge worlds with his music
By Jessica Steinberg
Bob Dylan performs at the 44th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California, February 26, 2002. (Hector Mata/AFP)
October 13, 2022, 9:45 pm
Glimpse of upcoming Bob Dylan book hints at artist’s riffs on songwriting
81-year-old singer and songwriter’s new essay collection, ‘The Philosophy of Modern Song,’ is set for publication next month
By AFP
Honorees Alan (left) and Marilyn Bergman arrive at the ASCAP Film and Television music awards in Beverly Hills, CA, on Tuesday, May 6, 2008. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)
January 8, 2022, 11:04 pm
Marilyn Bergman, Oscar-winning lyricist, dies at age 93
Along with husband Alan, the Jewish Brooklynite was behind ‘The Way We Were,’ ‘How Do You Keep the Music Playing?’ and hundreds of other songs
By Hillel Italie
Nathan Salsburg in a barn on his property, which also functions as his office. (Joan Shelley/ via JTA)
March 22, 2021, 2:38 am
Folk guitarist makes experimental soundscapes from old Jewish phonograph records
According to Nathan Salsburg, the early American record industry marketed aggressively to European immigrants, and he draws from a wellspring of klezmer tunes for his new project
By Daniel Bromfield
Left: a portrait of Golda Meir in Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market by Solomon Souza (Renee Ghert-Zand/TOI); Right: Dame Maureen Lipman (Jay Brooks)
February 11, 2021, 3:37 am
Golda Meir given posthumous encore in debut of newly rediscovered musical
Celebrated UK actress Maureen Lipman to sing ‘Next Year in Jerusalem,’ title song in a never-seen show about the female Israeli PM, for Jewish Music Institute’s online gala Feb. 11
By Anne Joseph
US President Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden watch a military pass in review ceremony on the East Front of the Capitol at the conclusion of the inauguration ceremonies, in Washington, January 20, 2021. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
January 29, 2021, 5:05 am
Librettist Gene Scheer is awed Biden cited his ‘American Anthem’ at inauguration
The songwriter speaks about the shocking moment he realized the president was quoting his work, and what it means to him as a Jewish American
By Ron Kampeas
Singer Shiri Maimon right, with pianist Yossi Mor for their Rosh Hashana 5781 composition of 'L'Shana Haba'a' (Courtesy Shira Maimon Facebook page)
September 17, 2020, 2:51 pm
Shiri Maimon offers potent cover of Israeli classic, ‘Bashana Haba’a’
Pop artist sings of new hope as Jews seek to leave the year of the pandemic behind
By Jessica Steinberg
Folksinger Sandy Cash, whose popular science song about astronomer Vera Rubin, is making stellar connections (Courtesy Sandy Cash)
June 12, 2020, 10:47 am
Local folk singer pens ode to female astronomer
Sandy Cash combines her scientific and songwriting skills, earning recognition from fans around the globe
By Jessica Steinberg
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