Music

Mendelssohn the misunderstood

It’s time to reassess a composer regarded as a burnt-out prodigy and rejected by both Christians and Jews.

The Baron Cohen trying to make Chanucah cool

The dreidel song and Ma’oz Tzur get a makeover, thanks to Borat’s brother.

The Paperboy delivers as the Jewish James Brown

Eli Reed may be tipped as America's next big pop act - but he's staying true to his scholarly roots.

How Rwanda and 9/11 moved me to write for Leonard Bernstein

Holocaust survivor Samuel Pisar was nagged by the American composer to write a text to his work, Kaddish.

Los Desterrados: My rock ’n’ roll moment

We join the Ladino music group as they record their new album

Suicide: How the godfathers of punk kept the faith

Alan Vega and Marty Rev: punks before punk was invented.

Seeking normality: one other-planet popster

Experimental dance musician Max Tundra wants is for builders to whistle his songs.

Debbie Wiseman: She scores emotion

We meet one of the UK's most prolific and celebrated film and TV composers.

It’s the Motorhead of klezmer (with jokes)