Simja Dujov is simply one of the more exciting and original Jewish artists performing Jewish music today. Sure, Time Magazine didn’t include him in their Rock Hashana: 10 Stars of the New Jewish Music – but Time is about as hip as Reader’s Digest. Or TV Guide, and their Reform Summer Camp inspired list is […]
Read moreMama wants nothing more than for Jaquann to stop hustling and settle down with a nice Jewish girl. But where does one go to find his bashert?
Read moreJewish rappers visiting a synagogue is not an uncommon thing. Drake did it in HYFR and LD did it in All K. Of course Lil Dicky threw in some gang bangers munching on Matza and sippin’ Manischewitz and all kinds of serious Israeli-flag assisted twerking. And the lyrics? Mostly your standard […]
Read moreLil Dicky. Oh Lil Dicky. You may not know who this kike from the suburbs of Philly is, yet, but I’m sure you will. This video, titled “Jewish Flow,” where he has a sort of rap battle with Hitler, beats some SS thugs in a game of 2 on 1 playground basketball, frolics with a […]
Read moreIsraeli Balkan rockers Boom Pam and Youtube sensation Kutiman who we’ve featured here before, joined forces for a set at the 23rd Annual Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow, Poland. This and other Jewish related cultural events are funny because they are very well attended despite the fact that there are pretty much no live Jews […]
Read moreSimja Dujov is an Argentine Jew whose musical style encompasses a frenetic mishmash of Balkan, Gypsy, Klezmer uh… joie de vivre? Drunkenness? I don’t know how to describe it beyond that except that whenever I listen to his music I instinctively reach over for a shot of something strong and indigenous – preferably prepared in […]
Read moreA new gangster in town wants to be a Bubala, but Jaquann and Luis make it clear: if he wants to roll with their crew, that foreskin has got to go.
Read moreBut maybe you’re just not cool. Or maybe you don’t know enough French to understand her lyrics – or both. Riff Cohen lives in Jerusalem and her music is a perfect reflection of who she is and where she’s from. Most of her lyrics come from poems penned by her Mom and the music itself […]
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