From the time Evan left until college I never felt truly secure with friends. The years in between were filled with anger, loneliness, and an inability to feel close to anyone, until I met Simcha. Suddenly it occurred to me that I could try mixing my art with my religion.
Alan Jay Sufrin started writing new songs, possibly a side project, possibly the next step in his career -- and then he stopped making music entirely.
We are all products of the triumphs and foibles of our parents. Perhaps one difference is that while some of us try our hardest to forget, others of us work just as hard to keep our memories alive.
Am I an artist trying to work in religious themes, or am I a religious person trying to make art? Thoughts on a decade of Matisyahu and knowing oneself.
Introducing a new series on Hevria called "The Hevria Sessions", a series of music videos of up-and-coming/amazing Jewish musicians. Our first Session? Levi Robin with "I'll Follow You".
Group superiority is not my thing. I prefer to see every soul's stunning potential.
Yerachmeil Goldstein, aka Rocky and the Goldstein, welcomes himself as the first "musical blogger" on Hevria with the debut of his song "Our Journey".
Experience a heartbreaking song, sung soulfully and painfully by the incomparable Levi Robin, commemorating the horrific terror attack in Har Nof.
"To me, making music lets you express yourself and transcend yourself at the same time."