Israeli Musician David Broza Heads to Philly
It’s safe to say that David Broza has a passion for Spanish culture. But while he has the music down, when it comes to...
HashtagTMI Series Bridges Divides With Diaries
When a young Asya Zlatina read Anne Frank’s The Diary of a Young Girl, she wondered what the famed diarist would think if she...
Jewish Rehab Center Brings Musical to the Main Line
Los Angeles’ Beit T’Shuvah fights addiction the Jewish way: with song, dance and a musical about Passover.
It’s all part of the recovery curriculum at...
My Father, the Bandleader
When I was young, really young, I only wanted to be a bandleader. As a preschooler at Temple Sinai in Dresher, I used to...
Mandy Patinkin Brings Music and Song to Kimmel Center
Mandy Patinkin’s career stretches back decades, with parts in shows as diverse as “The Princess Bride,” “Yentl” and “Homeland.”
He’s won Emmys and Tonys, performed...
City Winery, a New Venue in the Fashion District, Hosts Israeli Talent
When Shlomo Lipetz isn’t pitching for Team Israel — which heads to the Olympics next year for a historic competition — he works as...
Rabbi Josh Warshawsky Brings the Beat to Har Zion Temple
The Cantors Assembly’s SongSwap is a periodical video conference giving Conservative cantors a chance to share new melodies, and when Hazzan Eliot Vogel of...
Leonora Duarte: A Converso With a Talent for Composition
By Elizabeth Weinfield
My first exposure to the music of Baroque composer Leonora Duarte (1610–1678) came while sight-reading with friends years ago on a frosty...
ARTolerance Day of Peace Event Brings Israelis, Palestinians Together
Udi Bar-David, a cellist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, was the first to take his spot on stage for “Dialogue in Three Movements: An Artistic...
Renowned Dance Company Brings Leonard Cohen’s Music to Life
Songs of Leonard Cohen, the singer-songwriter’s first album, was released in 1967. His voice still warbled then, even lilted; it was not yet the...