Musicologist Uri Schreter shows how postwar trends played out on the dance floor. Of course we also wanted to dance to rock ‘n’ roll and needed musicians who could handle Sinatra for our parents’ ...

Upshtat Zingerai play Jewish simhah dance music for a wedding at the South Shore Cultural Center. From left to right: Emma Blau, Jonah Lazarus, Qi Yang, Hannah Mira Friedland, and Ethan Aronson Credit ...

Mordy Weinstein is one of the most popular singers in the last couple of years on the a cappella scene, but besides that, he is also a very popular wedding singer who performs with the leading wedding ...

On one evening last summer, Dan Horowitz found himself in the middle of rural Tennessee where his band was hired to play a wedding. Just like every good Jewish wedding, this one featured a Freylekh ...

Celebrating the bride and groom is not just a mitzvah, but a hedge against the disappearing act of encroaching age. In Jami Attenberg’s 2013 novel “The Middlesteins,” there’s a chapter about a joint ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Tanowitz and the composer David Lang talk about how their new work is informed by biblical poetry, Israeli folk dance and their Jewish heritage. By ...

The tradition of Jewish matchmaking dates back to, well, Genesis 24—so, well before the song "Matchmaker" of Fiddler on the Roof fame brought matchmaking to Broadway. And that's just the start of ...

NBA star Joel Embiid is an enormous man — around 7 feet tall and 280 pounds, to give an idea. But that didn’t stop him from joining in a hora dance and getting lifted in a chair at a Jewish friend’s ...

(JTA) — The rain lasted all night, forcing the dance party into a nearby barn. But the bride saw the unexpected downpour as a blessing. “In earth-based Judaism, there’s so much emphasis on praying for ...