Due to Halloween’s pagan origins, Rabbinic law prohibits the Jewish celebration of the popular autumn holiday, which might explain why there’s usually a notable scarcity of “slutty rabbi ...

There is an unsolved mystery at the heart of one of the most popular Jewish songs in history. Every Friday evening, Jews around the world recite the poetic prayer “Lecha Dodi” to welcome the ...

Yamim Baim will make Jewish music history at the legendary Bethel Woods with the first ever open-air Jewish concert of this ...

Herb Alpert — “This Guy’s In Love With You” Love songs rarely come with as impeccable a Jewish pedigree as this 1968 chart topper, which was penned by the brilliant songwriting team of ...

The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" by Robert Wells and Mel Tormé. Long before he was The Velvet Fog, singer Torme was the son of Russian Jewish immigrants with the surname ...

Janis Ian, “Tattoo” (1993) Those of a certain age will remember Janis Ian as a (quite Jewish) teenager with a 1965 hit song about interracial dating, “Society’s Child.”Leonard Bernstein ...

The Top 30 Jewish Musicians Getty Images. ... The band’s 1981 album “Freeze-Frame,” spawned two singles that reached the top five of the Hot 100: the title song and “Centerfold. ...

You talk about how popular song helped uplift and unify Americans through the crises of the 1930s and '40s. On a more subtle level, you suggest that Jewish songwriters were pressing back against ...

The 2013 ranking put Billy Joel in the No. 1 slot, followed by Neil Diamond and then Barbra Streisand. Joel, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, has had seven songs in the top 5 and three No. 1 hits.

This piece originally appeared on Kveller. It’s hard to believe, but Saturday marks 10 years since the passing of Jewish musical icon Debbie Friedman, who died of pneumonia on Jan. 9, 2011, at ...

Besides, so many of my favorite Christmas tunes are by Jewish composers. Only in America, as they say. The following, then, is a countdown of my personal Top 10 Christmas songs by Jewish songwriters.

With Hanukkah beginning, now is the perfect time to celebrate the Jewish musicians who have made the biggest impact on the Billboard Hot 100 over the decades. × Skip to main content ...