They’re setting the microphones and adjusting the spotlights at the Pageant, in anticipation of “Toast of the Town,” this year’s annual J Associates fundraiser to be held Saturday, April 21. It promises live entertainment from our own backyards...
JERUSALEM -- American pop star Whitney Houston, who visited a community of Black Hebrews in Israel in 2003, has died at the age of 48. Houston was discovered dead Saturday afternoon in the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. just hours before...
By Lisa Alcalay Klug, JTA
• Published February 8, 2012
LOS ANGELES -- With his yarmulke, ritual fringes and lyrics occasionally borrowed from ancient texts, Grammy-nominated reggae star Matisyahu may be the most publicly Jewish performer in the mainstream music scene. But he's not the only one. Growing ranks...
