Contemporary Jewish religious music
It may be seen in the work of Velvel Pasternak, who spent much of the late twentieth century as a preservationist committing what had been a strongly oral tradition to paper.
The annual Israeli Hasidic Song Festival, first held in 1969, became a stage which saw the premières of pieces like Nurit Hirsh's Oseh Shalom; Tzvika Pik's Sh’ma Yisrael; and Shlomo Carlebach's Od Yishama and V’ha’eir Eineinu.
[5] At the same time as the folk revival made waves in Jewish worship, established composers like Gershon Kingsley and Ray Smolover utilized contemporary genres like jazz and rock in their compositions.
[6] The founding members were Avraham Rosenblum on guitar, Ben Zion Solomon on fiddle and banjo, Simcha Abramson on saxophone and clarinet, Ruby Harris on violin, mandolin, guitar, and harmonica, Adam Wexler on bass, and Gedalia Goldstein on drums; other student-musicians also played with the group between 1973 and 1986.
[9][10] The band was very popular on college campuses in the early to mid-1980s, and was famous in Jerusalem for its Saturday-night concerts at David's Tomb.
One type of music that is very popular among Orthodox artists and their listeners usually consists of a formulaic mix including brass, horns and strings.
Currently the Miami Boys Choir led by Yerachmiel Begun is perhaps the most popular, with a number of albums amongst the top record sales in Orthodox Jewish circles.
Many adult groups jumped on the bandwagon in the late 60's & on, including The Mark 3, The Rabbis' Sons, The Messengers, The Noam Singers, Rashi and the Rishonim, Alumim, Ydid Nefesh, Kol Salonika, D'veykus, Shema Koleinu, Or Chodosh, The Tanchumim, The Kochavim, The Diaspora Yeshivah Band, The Kiss Brothers, Neginah, Ruach Revival, Ruach, Judáea, Safam, Neshoma, Shlock Rock, The Piamentas, The Chevra, Regesh, Kesher, Kabbalah, Kol Achai, The 8th Day.
Sam Glaser, Sue Horowitz, Noam Katz, Beth Schafer, Julie Silver, Peri Smilow and others have contributed significantly to modern Reform Jewish music and have been included in Ruach, the biennial music compilation produced by the Union for Reform Judaism.
[17] A large body of music produced by Orthodox Jews for children is geared toward teaching religious and ethical traditions and laws.
Though well-known Jewish songwriters like Debbie Friedman and Craig Taubman have written many children's songs, there are some who focus almost exclusively on this genre, like Peter and Ellen Allard and Shira Kline.
