Music

Maestro Gianandrea Noseda and Violinist Gil Shaham Enthrall the Kennedy Center Crowd

During this time of war in the Middle East, constant news and anxiety for the Israeli hostages in Gaza and Palestinians in Gaza who...

Arnold Polinger Keeps the Music Alive

It was no coincidence that Arnold Polinger’s mother became friends with cellist Yo-Yo Ma. Polinger’s parents, Geraldine and Howard Polinger, invited the musician to perform...

You Should Know … Faith Snyderman

A proud second-generation Washingtonian, Faith Snyderman, 29, was that musical theater kid growing up. Her parents used to say she could sing before she...

Duo Bring Straight Talk to Temple Micah and D.C.

"Dugri" is Israeli slang for straight talk. Dugri is also a social project that brings together two men across the political chasm of Israeli...

Old time music meets Jewish heritage

Nefesh Mountain is described as the place where American bluegrass and old-time music meet with Jewish heritage and tradition. Singer Doni Zasloff with her husband,...

Burt Bacharach, sophisticated Jewish hitmaker of the ’60s and ’70s, dies at 94

Andrew Silow-Carroll | JTA Songwriter Burt Bacharach,  who with his longtime lyricist Hal David turned out a  string of hits in the 1960s and ’70s...

Arnold Saltzman’s opera ‘Geniza: Hidden Fragments’ unlocks a trove of Jewish history

Cantor and Rabbi Arnold Saltzman arrived in Washington, D.C., in 1981 to serve Adas Israel Congregation with his soulful voice and inherent understanding of...

Fall arts preview

This fall, Jewish cultural venues in the Washington area will showcase a little less Zoom and a lot more live programming. Producers are offering...
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Leonard Bernstein’s Jewish ‘Mass’ returns to its Washington source

When Leonard Bernstein’s “Mass” opened the Kennedy Center in 1971, it was the social event of the season. And tensions were high. America was...
Netta

Netta in D.C.? That’s Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!

It’s been four years since Israel’s pop queen Netta triumphed at the Eurovision Song Contest, bringing her iconoclastic fashion, indelible vocals and musical chops,...