Rabbi Shefa Gold thought she was inventing the practice of Hebrew chant back in the 1980s. Before entering rabbinical school late in that decade she had been a musician fascinated by the power of ...

Members of the Black Hebrew Israelites demonstrate outside the U.S. Capitol on November 13, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) A group of Black Hebrew Israelite protesters can ...

I grew up praying to a god in a language I did not understand. In particular, as an observant Conservative Jewish American (that is, “Conservative Jewish, not “conservative, Jewish”), I grew up ...

Jewish Publication Society, 965 pages, $75. Reviewing Joshua Jacobson’s encyclopedic new “Chanting the Hebrew Bible” is akin to summarizing the Torah while standing on one foot. Cantillation — which ...

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS -- Tiferet Village and Hamakom are presenting a Hebrew Ecstatic Chant with Rabbi Shefa Gold from 8-10 p.m. May 3 at Atma Yoga Center, 2319 Lee Road. Gold will give a brief teaching ...

Ars Nova Singers artistic director Tom Morgan calls tonight’s innerVoice: Chant event “a concert that’s fairly eclectic in terms of music from around the world.” Talk about an understatement.

MEDIA – Beit Ayin presents two days (June 6 and 7) of introduction to Jewish music and spirituality for those of all faiths. With that in mind the event is not at one of our Main Line synagogues but ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. BRATTLEBORO — On Saturday, June 7, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., the Brattleboro Area Jewish Community will present local soul-singer Rachel Lovins and ...

People twirl ecstatically, eyes closed, repeating, in a call-and-response fashion, chants led by Rabbi Andrew Hahn, who plays a harmonium while others play guitars and percussion instruments — ...

Kentucky high school students, mostly white, wearing pro-Donald Trump “Make America Great Again” caps. A group of black men who belong to an obscure group called the Hebrew Israelites preaching that ...