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Chasoif: A Tribute to Mumbai

It’s hard to believe it has only been one year since the horrific massacre in Mumbai, India, an event that changed us all forever. It didn’t matter if you had ever walked into a Chabad house in you...

Ethnomusicology – the Americanization of Niggunim

This is the basic script of a lecture that was given recently at the University of Washington school of music, as part of a class in ethnomusicology. The Chabad shliach to the University delivered ...

Benny Friedman – Taamu: A Dissection by Mendel “the Sheichet”

Here is both an in depth, technical review of Taamu, and also a great 30 minute audio interview conducted by Mendel. To download the interview click here. Listen here: Benny Friedman – Taamu: a dis...

The JMDerech Experience – Shloime Kaufman

I was attending the chassuna of my wife’s friend Sunday night in Brooklyn. As any good music reporter would do, I brought my mini camcorder in hand. Also, I had asked Shloime if he would mind a due...

Elisha ben Avuya and Greek Music

Over a decade ago, as I sat in yeshiva, I found myself deep in a conversation about non-Jewish music with some friends. One of my friends – a mentor, really – mentioned a gemara that said that non-...