It's Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement. Many will take time to reflect on the past year, asking how they could have done better. And, maybe, how they can put down their lizard.

Yom Kippur is the most sacred holiday for Jewish people. What do you say to friends and loved ones on Oct. 1? Here's ...

Rabbi Laurie Rice and Cantor Josh Goldberg from Congregation Micah explain how they connect deeper with God through Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and other Jewish High Holy Days.

A new Shabbat prayerbook by The Kitchen congregation in San Francisco blends Ashkenazi and Sephardic liturgy into one siddur.

“Persian Jewish melodies, to my knowledge, never have been transcribed,” and Cantor Jacqueline Rafii of Valley Beth Shalom has made it a life goal of her unique career to correct that absence. As one ...

Rabbi Max Antman, Cantor Stefanie Greene, Rabbi Jonathan Hecht, Rabbi Jacki Honig, Rabbi Schachar Orenstein, Rabbi Allison Peiser, Cantor Josh Rosenberg, Cantor Rosalie Will, and Cantor Ross Wolman ...

There is music inside of Ross Wolman; he started playing piano at age 6 and picked up guitar shortly after. His love of music has taken him all over the world, and it all started as a young boy in ...

Carol Kane plays a music teacher preparing for her adult bat mitzvah after newly reconnecting with Judaism. The first sound in “Between the Temples” is a piercing blast from a shofar. Several scenes ...

When preparing for a performance, it’s very important to know how to choose a piece. It’s not enough for the cantor just to like the music. It has to be a piece that matches his voice.

There’s nothing like good music to bring a community together and lift its spirits. Cantor Jacqueline Rafii of Valley Beth Shalom (VBS), who joined the Encino temple in 2022, had that in mind when she ...