As a klezmer clarinetist, Nat Seelen has played his share of Hanukkah music. But he admits that among musicians, the Jewish Festival of Lights has a reputation for “being a popular holiday with ...

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By the time Arik Luck discovered Moishe Oysher, a celebrity cantor and star of Yiddish cinema, radio and theater, about 50 years had passed since Oysher's death. For Luck, an aspiring actor who was in ...

We’re back for Week 2 of our High Holy Day songfest as promised, this time in two parts. Part One includes Bob Dylan, Cantor Yossele Rosenblatt and Joe Cocker, plus the legendary Cantor Moishe Oysher, ...