culture
Palestinian Hip-Hop Meets Tupac
An entry on the new Scorchin’ Torah blog sets up a series of interesting comparisons — first, between a new ...
South by Southwest: The Jewish Edition
Alan Jay Sufrin and Miriam Brosseau form Stereo Sinai, a self-described “biblegum pop” band based in Chicago, IL. This week, ...
Interview: Erez Safar/Diwon
Erez Safar is busy these days. Known also by his stage name, Diwon, Safar, along with being a DJ and ...
Infinite McCloud is Overrated
Not into College Basketball? There is a great alternative to keep you busy.Check out the official Name of the Year ...
I Smell a Sitcom!
There’s a headline on ynet today that I am begging someone to make into a sitcom pilot or the premise ...
Interview: The Idan Raichel Project
Only a few years ago, Idan Raichel was just some dreadlocked guy in a Tel Aviv basement, composing music on ...
Yiddish 2.0
It’s weird and somewhat scary to realize that you can put a cap on the number of Yiddish books ever ...
Free Music, Filipinos, and (how) Jews (look)
Hey, remember our video? The one about how Jews look? The theme song was composed by my very good friend, ...
Me and Robert Pinsky down by the Schoolyard
On the heels of this bizarre viral video from the 92Y, JBooks, needing a big kick in the donations bucket, ...
Klezmer, Free Jazz, and Japan
One of the reasons that experimental jazz is so popular in Japanese culture, I think, is that it’s a socially ...