This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Ray Ushikubo started playing a $20 violin when he was 6. Now, at 24, he’s playing a rare one worth more than eight ...

Yom Kippur, also called as the Day of Atonement, is the most sacred day in the Jewish calendar and is deeply respected by Jewish communities throughout the United States. This solemn observance lasts ...

That a second symphony by Sergei Rachmaninoff even exists is fortunate. Following a scathing review of his First Symphony in 1897 he fell into such debilitating depression that he was unable to ...

The melodies of Kol Nidre carry this truth across continents. In Eastern Europe, the haunting Ashkenazi tune echoes like a violin weeping in the night. In Sephardi communities, the chant is simpler, ...

we may love more than what has always been intact. improve a broken pot which after any flaw has been repaired, as championed in Japan. Repentance makes sins which we have committed like broken pots ...

About 8,000 of the 14,000 Jewish men, women and children liberated from Japanese internment here tonight crowded into seven rooms which had been cleared of beds and furniture and converted into ...

China’s social Key Opinion Leader (KOL) market is projected to reach RMB 93 billion (US$13 billion) by 2025, accounting for 58% of global KOL spend and 17% of the country’s total brand advertising ...

From traditional services and family-friendly programs to parties, communal meals, museum tours and more, here’s our annual list of High Holiday events around NYC. Note: This story was updated on Sept ...

Max Bruch's piece for cello is based on Jewish prayer sung at Yom Kippur and played memorably by Jacqueline du Pre. From 2002. Show more Bruch's piece for cello is based on Jewish prayer sung at Yom ...

With the news that Sid and Chand Sahrawat are closing their restaurant Kol, some have unfairly labelled its address – 23 Ponsonby Rd – ‘cursed’, after a string of short-lived ventures in recent years.

Known as the Joachim-Ma Stradivarius, the violin was once owned by the renowned Hungarian musician Joseph Joachim. Sotheby's A valuable violin with a storied past will be sold at Sotheby’s in February ...

After 11 years, Eddy Chen and Brett Yang are moving on from their beloved, enormously popular comedy duo TwoSet Violin. Credit... Supported by By Javier C. Hernández Photographs and Video by Andre ...