The biblical story of Song of Songs hits the London stage
Jewish and Arab Ofra Daniel represents the half of Israel the haters prefer to ignore. She tells our writer how her identity is bound up in her musical about being trapped in a loveless marriage
How Kabbalah and karaoke took me from science to music
Meet the scientist who found the answers he sought through music and Kabbalah, and has combined them to make his first album
The opera fans who saved Jews from the Nazis
Meet the musician whose new album tells the extraordinary story of two Sunderland sisters who saved 29 Jews from the Nazis
Shul music has given me a taste for melancholia
Every synagogue has a different approach, but I’m grateful I grew up with a choir and organ
‘They lit my Jewish fire’: How Matisyahu blew away the boycott mob
The Chasidic reggae star tells the JC about getting cancelled, threatened and abused on his recent tour of America – and what he did to fight back
Start-up producing ‘deepfakes’ of tracks by Amy Winehouse and Drake faces legal action
Voicify, which operates online as Jammable, has received a legal letter accusing it of infringing copyright
Teenager releases song in aid of cancer charity
Proceeds from the debut track will go towards Future Dreams
How saxophonist Benny Green’s son is keeping the family’s musical tradition alive
Leo Green thought of himself as a musician before he started playing an instrument
Antisemitic rapper Wiley stripped of MBE
The grime pioneer has previously attacked ‘Satanic Jews’ in a social media rant
Matisyahu accuses venues of antisemitism after gigs cancelled amid anti-Israel protests
Staff at sold-out concerts in Arizona and New Mexico refuse to work after venues targeted by protesters
Israeli rap duo threaten Dua Lipa, Bella Hadid and Mia Khalifa in war anthem ‘Harbu Darbu’
Hip-hop singers Ness and Stilla released the controversial drill song in response to the aftermath of October 7
Hamas took their drummer – but the beat goes on for this band of brothers
Yotam Haim’s band members are dedicating an album to him
Kanye West asks for ‘forgiveness’ from the Jewish world after antisemitic comments
West’s frequent anti-Jewish tirades in interviews began with the ‘death con 3’ tweet
Pianist to play rarely heard ‘masterpiece’
Ariel Lanyi will perform a piece by Franck at the Wigmore Hall
Rock legend Geddy Lee: ‘I’m so glad my survivor mother told me her nightmarish stories’
Ivor Baddiel treasures his ticket stub from seeing prog rock band Rush in1980, so he leapt at the chance to meet its bassist
Jewish composer killed in plane crash was ‘inexperienced’ pilot
An inquest has found that Jonathan Goldstein did not have the training necessary to fly across the Alps
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