King David playing the lyre in a scene from a 15th-century manuscript of the Book of Psalms. Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images/Hulton Archive via Getty Images The earliest musical ...

Leonard Cohen, whose death was announced last night, was one of the most explicitly Jewish popular songwriters since the ancient King David, whose Psalms he expertly imitated over a five-decade career ...

Douglass told the audience at Corinthian Hall in Rochester, New York, on July 5, 1852, that for a free Black like himself, being expected to celebrate American independence was akin to the Judean ...

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“Louder!” a woman hollered from the back of the auditorium. Onstage, Elam Rotem paused in the middle of a sentence. His eyebrows inched towards his hairline. It was a gentle night in late February, ...

Catholics and Jews in Poland observed the annual Day of Judaism with psalms, music, and silent prayer on Sunday. The main commemorative event took place on Jan. 17 at the Bródno Jewish Cemetery in ...

The Psalms occupy a paramount place in the world’s liturgy. What is it about their spiritual scope and emotional breadth that gives them such power? What can we learn from their language and poetry, ...

JTA - Leonard Cohen, whose death was announced last Thursday, was one of the most explicitly Jewish popular songwriters since the ancient King David, whose Psalms he expertly imitated over a ...