Jewish music
Featuring some Rosh Hashanah classics.
“An egg that was laid on a holiday . . .”
And the story of its repression.
Jan Peerce in Moscow.
The two cultures of Moroccan Jewry.
Wandering Stars.
It was popular music then, and can be now.
Jerzy Fitelberg was a favorite of Aaron Copland and Arthur Rubinstein. Then he was lost to history. Now, sixty years after his death, his music is being played again.
Amernet at the Kennedy Center.
The competition for top cantor.
With some help from a congregant.
Charles Krauthammer and Edward Rothstein exchange views.
Israeli pop music is turning to Jewish tradition for inspiration.
A remarkable concert reintroduces three Jewish composers who fled fascist Europe to America, where two of them pioneered a new art form—the symphonic film score.