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For traditional musicians, alternatives to the Friday night concert abound

By Lisa Alcalay Klug · February 8, 2012

Growing ranks of Jewishly committed performers are finding success on the national stage, attracting audiences with compositions informed by their spiritual lives: building connection, meaning and hope. Read more »

25 years later, Shlock Rock is still rockin’

By Michael Feldstein · January 25, 2012

The band Shlock Rock, which has been teaching Jewish ideas through music using song parodies, original music in English and Hebrew, and children’s songs, is marking its 25th anniversary with the release of two new CDs. Read more »

Ben Stiller to star in HBO series about Jewish family

January 24, 2012

Ben Stiller reportedly has signed on to direct, produce and star in an HBO original series about a Jewish family called “All Talk.” Read more »

Lambert as Super Bowl Idol? Lea Michele threatens N.Y. boycott, Jonah Hill and Dustin’s daughter

By JTA Staff · January 10, 2012

Fans of Adam Lambert tweet for their favorite to sing at the Super Bowl, Lea Michele tells N.Y. to lose the horse-drawn carriages or she's not coming back, and it's official: Jonah Hill and Ali Hoffman, daughter of Mr. Magorium himself, are dating. Read more »

Photos and Videos

Aaron Sorkin, pictured here speaking at the Oxford Union in 2009, was nominated for a best screenplay Golden Globe for "Moneyball." (via Wikipedia) Matisyahu performing for the first time since shaving his trademark beard, at the Boulder Theater in Colorado, Dec. 15, 2011. (Dvora Meyers) Teens join the newly shorn Matisyahu on stage at the Boulder Theater in Colorado, Dec. 15, 2011. (Dvora Meyers) Mayim Bialik will be hosting a fundraiser for Rabbis for Human Rights of North America honoring clergy members who have stood out for their devotion to justice. (Denise Herrick Borchert) Jenni Wolfson in "Rash" talks about her childhood in Scotland and work for the United Nations in Rwanda. (Melbourne Sibblies) Jenni Wolfson performing in her one-woman show, "Rash." ( Melbourne Sibblies) Polish Jewish priest Romuald Jakub Weksler-Waszkinel is shown in a scene from "Torn" in front of the Western Wall. (Courtesy of Other Israel Film Festival) In a scene from "77 Steps," Ibtisam Mara'ana and Yonatan Ben-Dor in the Tel Aviv neighborhood where they met. (Courtesy of Other Israel Film Festival) Tiffany Shlain incorporated her father into her documentary "Connected" after he was diagnosed with brain cancer. Paula Abdul sent an "X Factor" loser packing with a little religiously inspired Hebrew. (Glenn Francis)

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  • Aaron Sorkin, pictured here speaking at the Oxford Union in 2009, was nominated for a best screenplay Golden Globe for "Moneyball."
  • Matisyahu performing for the first time since shaving his trademark beard, at the Boulder Theater in Colorado, Dec. 15, 2011.
  • Teens join the newly shorn Matisyahu on stage at the Boulder Theater in Colorado, Dec. 15, 2011.
  • Mayim Bialik will be hosting a fundraiser for Rabbis for Human Rights of North America honoring clergy members who have stood out for their devotion to justice.
  • Jenni Wolfson in "Rash" talks about her childhood in Scotland and work for the United Nations in Rwanda.
  • Jenni Wolfson performing in her one-woman show, "Rash."
  • Polish Jewish priest Romuald Jakub Weksler-Waszkinel is shown in a scene from "Torn" in front of the Western Wall.
  • In a scene from "77 Steps," Ibtisam Mara'ana and Yonatan Ben-Dor in the Tel Aviv neighborhood where they met.
  • Tiffany Shlain incorporated her father into her documentary "Connected" after he was diagnosed with brain cancer.
  • Paula Abdul sent an "X Factor" loser packing with a little religiously inspired Hebrew.
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