This piece originally appeared on Kveller. It’s hard to believe, but Saturday marks 10 years since the passing of Jewish musical icon Debbie Friedman, who died of pneumonia on Jan. 9, 2011, at age 59.

Last week, I dedicated my column to the music of the season. This week, I want to add one more essential song to that playlist.

Congregation Adath Israel of Newtown celebrated the last night of Hanukkah with a candle lighting on Sunday, December 21.

On the first night of Hanukkah, 230 Jews stood in concentric circles filling the sanctuary at Manhattan’s Congregation B’nai Jeshurun, singing together. They sang for an hour, broke for candle ...

The “Hamilton” star’s melody features a klezmer-style clarinet and a recitation of the blessing over the menorah. (JTA) — There’s a long history of Jewish artists releasing parody songs for Hanukkah, ...

(RNS) — Warning: this post is about rock music. I know, I know: that’s all I seem to write about lately. Just stick with me on this. In 1970, the Beatles released their famous song “Let It Be.” The ...

The first time I heard “Avinu Malkeinu,” I was at the top of Arthur’s Seat, a dead volcano in the center of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. The climb to the top and back is 2 miles. It was earlier ...

Jenni Fink is a senior editor at Newsweek, based in New York. She leads the National News team, reporting on politics and domestic issues. As a writer, she has covered domestic politics and ...

The concept of “blessings” gets tossed around widely and casually these days. After all, what is social media without a slew of (sincere or ironic) #blessed captions? But in Judaism, blessings are an ...

The actor, who had to leave town and leave his dog Becky with son Gideon, recorded himself singing to keep with the tradition he's started before her meals Does Mandy Patinkin have a future as a ...