Jewish Music

For Afro-Yiddish Performer, the Past is not Past

“The past is never dead. It’s not even past…”When William Faulkner wrote these words in Requiem for a Nun, I’m pretty certain he ...

The World of Jewish Music

There is a myth that Jewish music is “always in a minor key,” and often echoes themes of pieces like ...

Our Dreams of Home

When I think of home, I imagine the physical space I return to at night, the one with the white-washed ...

Maimonides’ Home and My Grandmother’s Song

Ladino first cast its magic spell on me in childhood. It always struck me as a graceful, rolling language, one ...

World Traveler Becomes World Musician

  What makes a secular Israeli connect to his Jewish identity, roots and spirituality? What makes secular Jew from Jerusalem ...

The Gift of Generations: A Mother’s Song

Mom. Mommy. Ima. Madre. Mother. No matter how many ways I say it, the concept still catches me by surprise ...

Children’s Passover Books

Passover is a time for storytelling. One of the main purposes of the holiday is to allow one generation to ...

Ladino Pregnant Pop

“Ensuenyo Te Vi” Three words that normally don’t go together: Ladino, Pop, Pregnant. But in my world they make a ...