I came up being into punk rock and folk music, and [Hebrew school] was very preppy and sports-oriented, so I always felt that kind of estrangement from the Jewish community as I knew it.” ...

We want to celebrate Jewish culture and its richness, bring the community together and uplift it.”– Jacqueline Rafii ...

folk and country. NEW YORK (JTA) — Saul Kaye never wanted to be a “Jewish blues” player. In his opinion, the Jewish music he had heard growing up in Northern California’s Bay Area ranged ...

Born May 31, 1938, to Jewish Ukrainian parents in New York ... He took violin lessons as a child, later switching to guitar as he came to embrace the work of such folk-music icons as Woody Guthrie and ...

John McCutcheon, a legend in the folk music world, has addressed some of America’s greatest injustices over the last 50 years ...

Migdal boasts an impressive career, having played as soloist with top musicians and orchestras worldwide. Her recordings have ...

A champion of Middle East peace whose career was tarnished by a morals charge involving a minor.--The post Peter Yarrow, ...

Peter Yarrow – one-third of the beloved folk trio Peter, Paul, and Mary, whose anthems epitomized the 1960s protest movement – died Tuesday in New York.