“Persian Jewish melodies, to my knowledge, never have been transcribed,” and Cantor Jacqueline Rafii of Valley Beth Shalom has made it a life goal of her unique career to correct that absence. As one ...

Cantor Stephen Freedman is 71. He’s served as a clergy member for more than 40 years. He just finished a role as cantor at Melrose B’nai Israel Emanu-El, which joined up with Old York Road neighbor ...

Every shabbos, Jews in synagogues of all denominations hear the cantor, rabbi or a layperson chant that week’s Torah portion ...

Rabbi Max Antman, Cantor Stefanie Greene, Rabbi Jonathan Hecht, Rabbi Jacki Honig, Rabbi Schachar Orenstein, Rabbi Allison Peiser, Cantor Josh Rosenberg, Cantor Rosalie Will, and Cantor Ross Wolman ...

There’s nothing like good music to bring a community together and lift its spirits. Cantor Jacqueline Rafii of Valley Beth Shalom (VBS), who joined the Encino temple in 2022, had that in mind when she ...

Carol Kane plays a music teacher preparing for her adult bat mitzvah after newly reconnecting with Judaism. The first sound in “Between the Temples” is a piercing blast from a shofar. Several scenes ...

There is music inside of Ross Wolman; he started playing piano at age 6 and picked up guitar shortly after. His love of music has taken him all over the world, and it all started as a young boy in ...

I’ve been privileged to serve as cantor at Park East Synagogue on Manhattan’s Upper East Side for well over a decade. Over that time, I have come across many wonderful and sincere Jews from across the ...

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's loss in a Virginia primary is a blow to the kishkes (i.e. gut) for Jewish Republicans, who are now left leaderless and without a single Jewish congressman to take ...

Beth Chaim Reform Congregation in Malvern has never had an ordained cantor. But with its new cantor educator Jenn Boyle, the synagogue now has a cantor who oversees the religious program and the ...

Yom Kippur is the most sacred holiday for Jewish people. What do you say to friends and loved ones on Oct. 1? Here's ...