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Social Media and Jewish Faith – Powerful Forces to Twist Out Cancer
Jenna Ben

Social Media and Jewish Faith – Powerful Forces to Twist Out Cancer

The power of social media is boundless. It not only has the ability to create psycho-social support for individuals with rare diseases and/or cancer, but it should be seen as the primary mechanism to repair the world. The Chicago Tribune recently ran an article titled “Social Media a Godsend for Those With Rare Diseases,” which featured a Chicago area [...]

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PSALMS PROJECT COMPETITION: Creating New Inspiration
Jermiah Lockwood

PSALMS PROJECT COMPETITION: Creating New Inspiration

The Psalms Project is pretty much right along the lines of the work I do as an artist and “speculative sociologist.”  My goal with my work is take cultural memories, whether they be derived from texts or melodies, and to use these memories as “day matter” for the formulation of new dreams and streams of association. [...]

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ROCK AND ROLL JEWS
Melanie Weiss

ROCK AND ROLL JEWS

There’s acid rock, blues rock, glam rock, punk rock, and about 100 more variations of good ol’ rock and roll. But readers, there is also Jewish Rock! And two of the top stars of this genre, Billy Jonas and Naomi Less (whose website has a rock star worthy url), are putting on a concert just for [...]

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FROM A DISTANCE:  JRR INTERVIEW WITH GRAMMY WINNER JULIE GOLD
Julie Gold

FROM A DISTANCE: JRR INTERVIEW WITH GRAMMY WINNER JULIE GOLD

I don’t know how it happened or why it happened, but it did and it’s a miracle.   In May of 2012, Jewish Rock Records’ own Sheldon Low sat down with Grammy Award winning songwriter, Julie Gold, (From a Distance, ’91) to talk about her life and new album.  We encourage you to listen to [...]

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SUCCESS IN THE RECORDING STUDIO: FROM YOUR MIND’S EYE TO YOUR LISTENER’S EARS
Scott Leader

SUCCESS IN THE RECORDING STUDIO: FROM YOUR MIND’S EYE TO YOUR LISTENER’S EARS

Although its great to plan the production of a song in advance, I do believe there are important and spontaneously magical moments that can happen in the studio. All the pieces have finally fallen into place!  You are ready to record your music, and you’ve found a great studio and producer to work with. After [...]

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PEEKING THROUGH THE CLOUDS:  A GLIMPSE INTO THE INCOMPREHENSIBLE
Sheldon Low

PEEKING THROUGH THE CLOUDS: A GLIMPSE INTO THE INCOMPREHENSIBLE

But I feel very grateful for this experience, to have been blessed with a brief glimpse at a short fiber in the divine, incomprehensible, interconnectedness of the universe. Also posted on www.SheldonLow.com/blog Experience another version of these events from the audience perspective here. I have been meaning to put these words to paper for a [...]

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FINDING THE POWER OF MUSIC IN SOUTH DAKOTA
Sam Rotenberg

FINDING THE POWER OF MUSIC IN SOUTH DAKOTA

This interview reminded me that everyone, especially musicians, has a deep relationship with their music, and music has a real impact in our lives. From September 3, 2012 to December 22, 2012, Sam Rosenbaum, Asher Krell, and I are traveling across the country in search of everything Jewish music.  On Saturday nights, we tell the [...]

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THE BOY IN THE GREEN SHIRT
Martin Storrow

THE BOY IN THE GREEN SHIRT

Originally posted on 10/11/2012 on The Jewish Week here. It is a human language, a language of connecting eyes and ears and hands and voices; of a guy from California and a boy from a rural village in Ethiopia in a dirty green shirt. Here’s how it works with these service trips: They lure you [...]

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