A detailed look at the history of the Jewish song "Hava Nagila," which is routinely played at celebrations such as weddings and bar mitzvahs. This lively documentary also includes interviews with ...

Abraham Zevi Idelsohn was a Jewish musicologist, composer, and cantor born in 1882 in Latvia. He is best known for preserving and studying Jewish music from around the world. After moving to Jerusalem ...

You may not know all the words to the Jewish staple "Hava Nagila," but you probably know the tune. Roberta Grossman wants to show the unlikely... I grew up on "Hava Nagila," and I'll admit it's not ...

“Hava Nagila” is the typical soundtrack to Jewish weddings and b’nai mitzvah — and, these days, brutal hand-to-hand fighting with naked combatants. Two streaming shows have recently picked up where ...

Something like the doc equivalent of a Yiddish-humor bathroom book, vet TV-doc producer Roberta Grossman’s tirelessly glib little movie tracks the cultural trajectory of the eponymous song, “from ...

“It’s a bit different, I’ll say that much,” said Rabbi Samuel Spector, who leads Utah’s largest synagogue. (JTA) — A few years ago, Rachel Picado attended a Utah Jazz game in Salt Lake City with ...

Places you expect to hear “Hava Nagila”: weddings, bar/bat mitzvahs, every pop culture depiction of traditional Jews and … gymnastics competitions? In fact, the answer is all of the above. Alexandra ...

In 28 days it began. In 28 weeks it spread. In 28 years it evolved.