Apple’s iTunes has labeled some of the most well-known Jewish and Hasidic singers in the online music store “Christian & Gospel” section. The Jerusalem Post reported Sunday that musicians such as ...
Joshua Nelson doesn’t want to hear the Sammy Davis Jr. jokes. He’s heard them all. “I actually used to get offended by them. People would say, ‘Oh, you’re a black Jew, just like Sammy Davis, right?’ ” ...
American gospel singer and Hebrew teacher Joshua Nelson (known as the Prince of Kosher Gospel) leads the Kosher Gospel Singers at a tribute to Mahalia Jackson at Central Park SummerStage, New York, ...
The rabbi’s e-mail inquiry to the black pastor last spring was blunt: How crazy would it be to start a Jewish gospel choir? And would you help? Soon after, the Rev. William H. Lamar IV, pastor of ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bob Dylan gives his first concert in Israel in 1987 in Tel Aviv, playing with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. AP Photo/Anat Givon ...
Karen Hart performs at The Mint in West Los Angeles. Photo via Karen Hart/Facebook. Growing up in Norfolk, Va., in a Conservative Jewish home, singer-songwriter Karen Hart was intrigued by how the ...
We’ve all heard of kosher food prepared according to Jewish law. But Jewish, New Jersey-based musician Joshua Nelson adds a little soul food to the kosher menu. And his homemade kosher gospel is ...
The Liberated Wailing Wall started in the early 70's when a group of Jews for Jesus began singing on street corners in and around San Francisco. The Liberated Wailing Wall, a musical group from Jews ...
An ancient Jewish parody that quotes the New Testament's Gospel of Matthew may refute a major argument by biblical scholars who challenge the credibility of the Bible. For more than a century, liberal ...