trope

Pronounced: TROPE, Origin: Yiddish, notations indicating the tune for chanting the Torah portion or other biblical text.

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Synagogue Music

The music of the synagogue celebrates both the diversity and unity of the Jewish people.

Eicha

Cantillation or trope has always mesmerized me. I know of no other religion that has a similar system for chanting ...

Who Needs This Bar Mitzvah Anyway?

It was dry inside the Avalon Theatre in Washington, D.C.’s Chevy Chase neighborhood. The audience for the 22nd Washington Jewish Film ...