A-Wa, a Band of Yemenite Jewish Sisters, Wants You to Feel at Home
Let us introduce you to a band of sisters with the last name Haim. No, not the ones you’re thinking of. Tair, Liron, and Tagel Haim are sisters from southern Israel, and together they form a band called A-WA (Arabic for “Yes,” pronounced AY-wah).
Yes, You Can And Should Bring Beyonce Into Your Seder
The 37-year-old icon’s voice whisks over the melody of “Lift Every Voice And Sing,” the African American national anthem, like a flag planted triumphantly on a battlefield.
Eden Dersso Is the Changing Face of Tel Aviv’s Hip-Hop Scene
Over the past year, Dersso has become a sensation in the city’s small but growing rap scene, yet she has spent her whole life preparing for this meteoric rise.
What Would Historical African American-Jewish Music Sound Like?
Anthony Russell’s brilliant new album attempts to answer that question.
An Israeli singer in Amsterdam Creates the World’s First Ladino Pop Album
Noam Vazana wrote her upcoming album “Andalusian Brew” in Ladino.
From Army to Bollywood, 8 prominent Jews who shaped modern India
India’s small but significant Jewish community stands out for its own reason. What makes them unique is their ability to mingle themselves into the local culture and still retain their own identity.
Preparing for Passover with Poetry and Dance
Poetry and dance to share and inspire at your Passover seder.
With the Caribbean as their ritual bath, Colombian converts flow to Judaism
Synagogues in Santa Marta and Barranquilla comprised entirely of converts see an influx of members as the country’s Catholic monopoly is cracked
Afikomen Mambo
A cute illustrated book about kids looking for the afikomen set to a catchy tune.
On The Banks of the Tigris: The Hidden Story of Iraqi Music
The film tells the story of Majid Shokor, an Iraqi-Australian from a Muslim background, who discovers a hidden history - the Jewish role in Iraqi music.
Jewish Music with A Caribbean Flair
Chavurat Nahariyah is an exciting group of young families in the Caribbean city of Barranquilla in my native Colombia.
If A-Wa Wants Real Mizrahi Revival, It'sTime To Get Political
A-Wa, the groundbreaking band made up of three Israeli Yemenite sisters who famously sing in Arabic, has just released its first album “Habib Galbi” in the U.S. The band was listed by Rolling Stone last week as one of the 10 New Artists You Need To Know. The group’s first music video, “Habib Galbi,” has attracted 3.5 million views, and they’ve been covered by NPR, VICE, The Washington Post and other international publications.
Sephardic Songs Add Merriment to Purim
And what is a drinking party without drinking songs? As in other Jewish communities, drinking alcohol was part of the celebration of Purim, and an extensive corpus of rhymed, Ladino poems known as koplas (or komplas) developed by Sephardic Jews in the Ottoman Empire
Children's Album Renews Jewish Ladino Tradition
It was not until she was already on her way to adulthood, that singer Sarah Aroeste discovered the connection between her Sephardic roots in Greece and her love of music with the Sephardic musical traditions in Ladino.
How modern Jewish singers are keeping an ancient Yemeni tradition alive
n some communities in the Middle East, women are often bound by a conservative, patriarchal culture that prevents them from working outside the home and dictates that they take up more traditional roles within the family.