Bands enter b’nai mitzvah music mix

Published on June 12, 2013

While b’nai mitzvah parties have long featured DJs to mix tunes and rouse the crowd, some celebrants are choosing something else: teen bands.

Party planning from A to Z

By Rebecca Steinberger
Published on April 17, 2013

Preparing for a bar or bat mitzvah is hard work, involving years of intense study and the courage to lead an entire congregation in prayer. Organizing a party to celebrate this milestone — well, that’s no picnic either.

L.A. Rising For Women - February 14, 2013!

By Tera Greene
Published on February 6, 2013

Berlin DJ fired over alleged anti-Semitism

Published on November 25, 2011

A Berlin radio station has fired a controversial disc jockey accused of anti-Semitism.

Canadian DJ finds audience for klezmer fusion in France

Published on July 21, 2011

Josh Dolgin didn’t set out to kick Yiddish music into the 21st century.

DJ Adam Goldstein to be buried at Hillside in L.A.?

By Jay Firestone
Published on September 2, 2009

Disc jockey DJ AM dies

Published on August 29, 2009

CNN.com: Nearly a year after surviving a plane crash in South Carolina, disc jockey Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein was found dead in his New York apartment Friday afternoon, his publicist said. He was 36.

Thanks Anyway, But We’ll Plan Our Own Wedding

Published on April 15, 2009

One of the first things I learned about wedding planning is that it’s not as easy as I thought it would be. Oh, I knew it would take time, money, teamwork and a slew of help from my family and friends, but what I never took into account was just how political the entire process would become. Having never been a big fan of politics — personal or otherwise — I was less than thrilled at this discovery.

Calendar Girls Picks and Clicks Dec. 27- Jan. 2: Hot Rod Chanukah, Moroccan New Years Eve

By Dikla Kadosh and Lilly Fowler
Published on December 26, 2008

So you want to be a DJ . . .

Published on November 13, 2008

For those who have dreamed of going from an infinite iPod playlist to playing live on the ones and twos, the bar and bat mitzvah party scene is a great place to get your start. Setting up a DJ business takes practice, planning and professionalism, but it beats baby-sitting and burgers.

Making music the Algerian Jewish way

By Loolwa Khazzoom
Published on January 31, 2008

In the four decades of his accomplished career, global electronica DJ Cheb i Sabbah -- a Berber Jew from Algeria now living in California -- has specialized in crossing barriers among nationalities and working with artists of all religions and ethnicities. His latest album, "Devotion," released Jan. 29, features spiritual music from Pakistan and neighboring countries performed by musicians from Southeast Asia. As tensions and violence continue to mount in Pakistan, this album provides a mystical soundtrack for transcendence, reminding listeners that human spirit is one thread connecting us all. On the occasion of his Los Angeles album release party on Feb. 2 at Temple Bar in Santa Monica, The Jewish Journal caught up with this boundary-defying musician.

Radio DJ Jimmy Kay brings folksy charm to folkie L.A

By Karla S. Blume
Published on November 9, 2006

A radio DJ might not be your idea of an innovative storyteller, but who can't relate to the desire to inflict your own personal interests onto the greater Los Angeles listening public? DJ Jimmy Kay does just this every Sunday night from 9 p.m. to midnight on KKGO 1260AM, where he hosts the program "Sunday Night Folk."