Malecki, of Pepper Pike, has been conductor of HaZamir Cleveland since the fall of 2019. He had no idea at the time what was coming in the spring of 2020. “COVID threw a big wrench in our plans,” he ...

Cantor Stuart Simon has sung the prayer Adon Olam to hundreds of melodies over his four decades at Am Yisrael Conservative Congregation in Northfield. He sings and plays guitar for seniors and for ...

The last part of the Seder is famous for its songs, but melodies appear throughout the Haggadah. There is even a lullaby-like tune for singing the 15 steps of the Seder themselves. Some families sing ...

Like many Americans of my age, I was raised on Peter, Paul and Mary’s music. “Puff The Magic Dragon,” “Leaving on a Jet Plane,” and “Lemon Tree” were as much a part of my childhood as Mr. Rogers and ...

When the Jewish Community Center of Sonoma County holds its annual “Fiddler on the Roof” sing-along fundraiser at the Rialto Cinemas in Sebastopol, the audience does more than follow the lyrics on the ...

The poem by Primo Levi that begins my haggadah echoes the line in Exodus that tells us the Israelites fleeing Egypt were joined by an “erev rav” — a mixed multitude. Commentators explain these were ...