A new Yiddish hip-hop song has appeared on YouTube sharply criticizing Hasidic yeshivas who refuse to accept students whom they consider at risk of going “off the derech,” or leaving the community.

Hasidic Yiddish songwriter-singer Motty Ilowitz has never shied away from writing songs that don’t fit the Haredi mold. In his latest one, “Mochel” — which translates to “Forgive Me” — he tells the ...

A concert at JCC Manhattan will celebrate “Kapelya,” the first recording of Hasidic nigunim performed exclusively by women. (JTA) — As a child growing up in the Chabad Hasidic community of Crown ...

Though it lacks many of the fascinating David Torn-produced, sonic manipulations strewn throughout Soul Machine (Tzadik, 2001), "Hasidic Folk Song" is emblematic of the ethno-electric-jazz ...

A Crown Heights-based artist has created a song that he hopes will heal after a series of anti-Semitic attacks. For 11 years, Yoni Zigelboum, or Yoni Z, has created music which he calls “Jewish pop.” ...