The Ashkenaz Festival and Magen Boys Entertainment are organizing a summer jam concert series that explores the connections between Jewish culture and jam bands like The Grateful Dead and Phish, popular among Ashkenazi and Israeli Jews.

Jewish affinity for jam bands like The Grateful Dead and Phish, known for improvisational music and long concerts, is explored in an episode of Culturally Jewish.

The Nigun Quartet, an Israeli jazz ensemble, has gained recognition for their live performances interpreting Hasidic melodies known as nigunim.

The author shares a personal story of spending Sukkot and Simchat Torah with their mother in Buffalo in 2006.

Joseph Lease, a poet and professor of writing and literature, discusses his latest book, "The Body Ghost," which showcases his unique and electrifying poetic style.