Yaakov “Yanky” Lemmer’s mellifluous tenor is heard most often in the Lincoln Square Synagogue in New York, where he serves as the head cantor, singing the liturgies and leading prayers. He has also ...

Ahava Raba comes from a Jewish prayer in which the four corners of the traditional Jewish prayer shawl are gathered while people play for peace across the four corners of the Earth. The Brooklyn-based ...

Penny Myers used musical notes last summer to add more cracks to a glass ceiling. Myers, a cantor at Temple Beth Zion, a Reform congregation, was asked to make a recording in Israel by Mordechai Sobol ...

Sign up for Forwarding the News, our essential morning briefing with trusted, nonpartisan news and analysis, curated by Senior Writer Benyamin Cohen. Two Hasidic ...