Matisyahu: You disappointed me

Published on June 22, 2012

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

By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
Published on December 22, 2010

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]

By JewishJournal.com
Published on November 28, 2010

There’s so many Christmas songs out there, I wanted to give the Jewish kids something to be proud of.

A certain magic

Published on August 28, 2009

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).

Chasidic beatboxing keeps Matisyahu moving

By Matthue Roth
Published on November 12, 2008

The source of häMAKOR -- it's all in the family

Published on June 26, 2008

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

By Meredith Price
Published on June 12, 2008

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’

Published on May 25, 2008

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?

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on August 16, 2007

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.

MUSIC VIDEO: Moishe Skier Band—‘Baruch haShem’

Published on August 3, 2007

It's Police-style power reggae as the Moshe Skier Band rocks 'Baruch HaShem'

Reggae grows another Jewish branch

By Karla S. Blume
Published on January 11, 2007

One of the most meaningful Jewish gifts would have to be the planting of an elan, Hebrew for tree, in Israel in one's honor.

And in the case of Los Angeles-born musician Elan, no other name would suit him quite as well.

Matisyahu gets a new spiritual groove

By Debra Nussbaum Cohen
Published on January 10, 2007

It is only a few miles from Crown Heights to Greenpoint, Brooklyn, but in some respects, the asphalt avenues linking them bridge entirely disparate worlds.

Matisyahu Miller -- known to his legions of fans by his first name, and to his friends simply as Matis -- makes the trip almost daily. He bikes from the Crown Heights apartment he shares with his wife and two young sons to the loft space he's just rented in the old industrial neighborhood, giving him a place to write and rehearse his next album.

7 Days in the Arts

By Keren Engelberg
Published on October 19, 2006

7 days in the Arts.

The New ‘King’ of KROQ

By Gaby Friedman
Published on December 1, 2005

The lyrics are from "King Without a Crown" by Matisyahu, the sensational Chasidic reggae artist whose CD, "Live at Stubbs," is already No. 3 on the Billboard reggae charts. ("King Without A Crown" stands at No. 24 on Billboard's modern rock chart.)

Livin’ La

By Gaby Wenig
Published on December 18, 2003

Singer-songwriter Diex sees himself as an ambassador, a bridge between the unlikely worlds of the prayer filled synagogues and the groove-shaking beats of J Lo, Enrique Iglesias and Ricky Martin.

The ‘Justice’ of Reggae

By Baz Dreisinger
Published on July 11, 2002

There's something very, well, Jewish about reggae music.