Articles written by Albert Stern

Albert Stern|Dec 8, 2017

(JTA)-Within the Jewish musical canon are several songs that seem to have always existed-tunes we all know and pass down from one generation to the next. One example is the Hanukkah favorite "I Have a Little Dreidel"-chances are most everyone reading this can sing the chorus, at least. Another example, from a more elevated sphere of Jewish practice, is "Shalom Aleichem"-it isn't hard to imagine Jewish families around the world simultaneously welcoming Shabbat with the familiar strains of this...