Matisyahu

JTA’s coverage of the Jewish reggae star

Matisyahu sings ‘One Day’ with boy fighting cancer

Let’s put the Matisyahu beard saga aside for just a moment. The hasidic performer made headlines this week by granting a wish to a sweet little boy named Luke Weber. Luke, who is currently fighting cancer, went up on stage at the Tarrytown Music Hall in New York and performed the song “One Day” together with Matisyahu. […]

For traditional musicians, alternatives to the Friday night concert abound

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.

First Matisyahu lost his beard, then he lost his manners

Maybe he is the anti-Goliath, and the beard kept him meek and calm? Whatever it may be, a fresh-faced Matisyahu reportedly attacked a photographer during his show at Brooklyn’s Music Hall of Williamsburg this week. “At first I assumed he was trying to crowdsurf, that he wasn’t deliberately trying to step on me,” said photographer […]

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Matisyahu sings ‘One Day’ with boy fighting cancer

For traditional musicians, alternatives to the Friday night concert abound

First Matisyahu lost his beard, then he lost his manners

Beard-less Matisyahu: No more Chassidic reggae superstar!

Shabbat Without a Sun

Jewish music nonprofit JDub is closing

Choosing to Be Jewish

A Hazzan in the Opera House

Matisyahu Meets the Ukulele

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