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reggae
Matisyahu: You disappointed me
Dear Matisyahu, Tonight you performed at the Windstar World Casino in Oklahoma, seventy miles from my Dallas home. The distance may seem far, but in Texas proportion it is right around the corner.
Early bird deadline for LimmudLA
Israeli reggae/rock, the New Testament taught by a Jewish Orthodox scholar, Reform social action, art, cooking, dance, yoga, technology, archaeology, literature and film — all this may sound unrelated, a little too something-for-everyone — but these all will be among the offerings at the upcoming LimmudLA taking place over President’s Day weekend in February. It’s all part of what makes the four-day conference so powerful, organizers say. “There is a whole universe of people who have decided Judaism is X, and there is no better place to kind of get an eye-opener of what the wider potential is than at this conference,” said Caroline Kelly, chair of LimmudLA.
Matisyahu’s ‘Miracle’ Chanukah song [VIDEO]
There’s so many Christmas songs out there, I wanted to give the Jewish kids something to be proud of.
A certain magic
Chasidic reggae and rap singer Matisyahu just released his fourth album, “Light” — his first full-length work in three years. He discussed his new music, God, spirituality, sex, drugs and Israel in a phone interview with Rabbi Naomi Levy, spiritual leader of Nashuva and author of “Talking to God” (Knopf, 2002) and “To Begin Again” (Ballantine Books, 1999).
The source of häMAKOR — it’s all in the family
When Israeli band häMAKOR headlined the Israel Day Concert in Central Park, front man Nachman Solomon walked onstage with an Israeli flag draped around his shoulders and blue-and-white souvenir sunglasses tucked into his jeans pocket
Melding world’s sounds, Ben Ari seeks harmony
He\’s been called the Israeli Bob Marley and the king of Israeli soul. Others claim that he may be the call to prayer that we\’ve all been waiting for from the Middle East
MUSIC VIDEO: Beyond the Pale in ‘The Jamaican-Jewish Wedding’
He\’s a nice Jewish boy, she\’s a nice Jamaican girl, but what will happen when klezmer meets reggae at the wedding?
Matisyahu — reggae king without a crown?
Has Orthodox reggae star Matishayu severed his ties with Chabad-Lubavitch? Is he a bad influence on religious youth? And is he still frum? Blogs have been buzzing over these questions since Matisyahu appeared to distance himself from Chabad last month.\n