About halfway through “Michael,” the new blockbuster biopic of Michael Jackson, there is a scene in which Jackson (played by his nephew Jafaar) and his lawyer, John Branca (Miles Teller), are sitting ...

Editor’s note: This page was updated on May 1, 2025, to correct that the “Citizen Azmari: Rethinking Blackness, Anti-Blackness and Ethiopian music in Israel” book talk will be held over Zoom. From ...

I will always remember my first experience listening to Jewish music. It was during the High Holy Days nearly a year ago. I had been looking at various temples for my conversion and watched a local ...

Jews live all over the world. This is not news. Nor is it news that Jews pick up influences from the cultures in which we live — Jewish food in Italy, say, isn’t the same as Jewish food in Morocco.

The 2025 JxJ: DC Jewish Film & Music Festival will take place from May 8-18, showcasing over 25 international screenings and concerts. The festival, a dynamic blend of cinematic and musical talent, ...

In the 1950s, Younes Dardashti, a Jewish man from Tehran’s Jewish ghetto, became one of Iran’s most celebrated singers. As the country underwent rapid secularization under the Shah, Jewish communities ...

Among all the fabled stories of struggle and survival during World War II, the tale of the Jewish community in Shanghai is not well known. A new musical work, Émigré, which premieres Thursday at the ...