Susan Watts, a fourth generation Klezmer musician will perform alongside an orchestra of exclusively women on Sunday at the Annenberg Center during a performance called "Soul Songs: Inspiring Women of ...

The first rule of being in a band that plays Klezmer -- the celebratory Jewish music originating in Eastern Europe that flourished and evolved in Israel and the United States -- is that you should ...

(JTA) At the Orchard Estate assisted living facility in Woodbury, New York, residents hum along to the klezmer music familiar to many Jews of their generation. The Yiddish-inflected music with roots ...

The first sound you hear on Klezmer Nuthouse is the udu drum, an instrument most often heard pulsing beneath Indian classical music. Banjo, harmonica, cello, bass and riq, an Egyptian tambourine, join ...

Klezmer originated in Eastern Europe but finds its future in a new generation of American Jewish youth. UClezLA, which took place Sunday at Schoenberg Hall, is a Yiddish culture festival which ...

CHATHAM, N.Y. -- It's a long way from the shtetls of Eastern Europe to a field in Chatham. But when acclaimed klezmer violinist Alicia Svigals lifts her bow on stage under the PS21 concert tent at 2 p ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. On one evening last summer, Dan Horowitz found himself in the middle of rural ...

Alicia Svigals grew up in the New York area in the 1970s, listening to a lot of music. She took violin lessons - and for a while she also liked folk and heavy metal. At home, her family listened to ...

This article was produced as part of JTA’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues that affect their lives. At the Orchard Estate ...