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Tofa'ah, founded in 1981, was the first all-women Jewish rock/jazz band. It sets traditional religious Jewish texts to its own compositions, as well as composes original Jewish inspirational songs. The band is unique in that it adheres strictly to the Jewish laws of kol isha and performs only for female audiences
Jewish music is the music and melodies of the Jewish people. There exist both traditions of religious music, as sung at the synagogue and in domestic prayers, and of secular music, such as klezmer .
In 1998, he was sent to France by Chief Rabbi Yitzchak Dovid Grossman for an educational mission at the Ozar Hatorah school in Sarcelles and with the local Jewish community. [citation needed] In 2001, Shmuel Shapiro gave lectures on Judaism, music, and voice for the radio station Kol Haneshama, broadcast in Israel and the United States.
Erran Baron Cohen (born May 1968); composer and trumpet player known for collaborations with his younger brother, Sacha Baron Cohen; member of the world music group Zohar who are signed to Ark 21 label, a label owned by Miles Copeland, son of CIA Officer, Miles Copeland Jr. Steph Cohen, bass guitarist [212] for anarchist punk rock band, Hagar ...
An early influence on Orthodox pop was the 1971 album Or Chodosh, the debut of an eponymous group created by Sh'or Yoshuv roommates Rabbi Shmuel Brazil, who would later create the group Regesh, and Yossi Toiv, later known as Country Yossi; the group performed at Brooklyn College with David Werdyger's son, the young Mordechai Ben David, opening for them.
Religious Jewish Music in the 20th century has spanned the gamut from Shlomo Carlebach's nigunim to Debbie Friedman's Jewish feminist folk, to the many sounds of Daniel Ben Shalom. Velvel Pasternak has spent much of the late 20th century acting as a preservationist and committing what had been a strongly oral tradition to paper.
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Members have continued with the group after entering a profession, marrying, and moving out of New York. [1] While all the members practice together weekly, only half the group travels to live performances, as their music is arranged in seven- and eight-part harmony. [44] Music video director Uri Westrich is a Yeshiva University graduate.