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Most of the golf carts had to be transported on a trailer to the starting location to participate.
December 15, 2021, 4:02 pm
Jewish Pride Peachtree City Style
The annual golf cart parade attracts both Jews and non-Jews in a celebration of Chanukah.
By Michael Weinstock
The AJMF has a new logo for the rebranded Neranenah music festival attempts to up the “cool” factor to the event.
September 30, 2020, 4:23 pm
New Name, New Focus for AJMF
Joe Alterman says retired name was exclusionary to non-Jews and misunderstood by many in the Jewish community.
By Dave Schechter
Cantor Barbara Ostfeld was honored with the prestigious Debbie Friedman Award for Contributions to Jewish Music at the Union for Reform Judaism’s biennial convention in Chicago in December.
January 22, 2020, 1:49 pm
First Female Cantor Sings a Difficult Tune
Barbara Ostfeld will discuss her book and conduct the Shabbat service at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 7 at Temple Emanu-El and lead a free concert atFeb. 9 at Temple Beth Tikvah in Roswell.
By Bob Bahr
The performance of Handel’s work played to a full house in Temple Emanu-El's sanctuary.
December 17, 2019, 5:31 pm
Temple Emanu-El Provides Large-Scale Chanukah Performance
In honor of the Chanukah holiday, a choral group performed George Frideric Handel’s “Judas Maccabeus,” a classical oratorio at Temple Emanu-El.
By Bob Bahr
Pianist and composer Joe Alterman is the new director of Neranenah.
February 27, 2019, 11:22 am
Joe Alterman Right at Home at Helm of Music Festival
Get to know the man behind AJMF and the music he plays.
By Dave Schechter
February 27, 2019, 11:17 am
Music Festival Marks Decade with New Director, Direction
The Atlanta Jewish Music Festival enters its 10th season with a new director and a lineup that appears designed to attract a more “adult” audience.
By Dave Schechter
Hadag Nahash will perform at City Winery Atlanta in April.
April 10, 2018, 7:18 am
Hadag Nahash Highlights Post-AJMF9 Options
The Israeli hip-hop group is performing in Atlanta for the first time in a decade.
By David R. Cohen
AJMF9's local performers include Sunmoon Pie (Michael and Bonnie Levine).
March 1, 2018, 7:14 am
AJMF9: 3 Weeks of Jewish Music in Atlanta
The ninth Atlanta Jewish Music Festival features 25 public and seven private performances.
By Atlanta Jewish Times
Chana Rothman likes to bounce music off her kids to test it out.
March 1, 2018, 6:44 am
AJMF9: Chana Rothman Plays Festival’s Iron Woman
She has three public shows and multiple private performances during the 2018 festival.
By Kevin C. Madigan
Vocalist Shiran Karni of Bint El Funk will perform March 18 at Orpheus Brewery. The group fuses traditional Jewish Yemenite melodies and funk.
March 1, 2018, 6:32 am
AJMF9: 2 Flavors of Yemenite Influence
Yemen Blues and Bint El Funk fuse traditional and modern sounds into a pair of festival shows.
By Sarah Moosazadeh
Yael Cohen and Gil Landau make up Lola Marsh, which mixes fantasy and indie pop to provide a special concert experience. The duo will appear at the ninth annual Atlanta Jewish Music Festival on March 8 at Aisle 5.
March 1, 2018, 6:23 am
AJMF9: Lola Marsh Connects Fantasy to Indie Pop
The Tel Aviv-based duo is performing a late-night show on the music festival's first night.
By Sarah Moosazadeh
Dmitri Gaskin and Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell aren’t brothers, but they are Tsvey Brider.
March 1, 2018, 6:07 am
AJMF9: 2 New Acoustic Spins on Yiddish Music
The festival opens with Tsvey Brider and Beyond the Pale at City Winery Atlanta.
By David R. Cohen
Sarah Aroeste performed at two Purim parties during AJMF8, an adult-themed party at Congregation Or Hadash and s family-friendly event at the Marcus JCC.
February 27, 2018, 2:32 pm
A Very Ladino Purim Song
AJMF8 artist Sarah Aroeste has a delightful, animated video for her Ladino/English song for Esther's festival.
By Atlanta Jewish Times
Bunzl Family Cantorial Chair Beth Schafer
February 1, 2018, 3:46 pm
Beth Schafer ‘Renewed’
Temple Sinai Cantorial Chair Beth Schafer has embarked on a Kickstarter campaign to record her first album since 2009.
By David R. Cohen
Neil Diamond recently retired from touring due to a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease.
January 31, 2018, 11:05 am
A King Has Left the Building
After his recent retirement from touring, we take a look back at six decades of Neil Diamond.
By David R. Cohen
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