Musician Matisyahu is Orthodox Jewish and blends elements of reggae, rock, and hip-hop with sounds from traditional Jewish music. This weekend, Galveston's Congregation B'nai Israel is celebrating its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Collage of ex-Hasidic reggae singer Matisyahu at home in Piermont, NY holding a microphone and candles, photo by Michael Falco.

They don’t have joints sticking out of their mouths nor do they have long braided Rastafarian hair—they’re just two good Iranian Jewish boys playing Reggae music. Their bandâ s name has nothing to do ...

Following a barrage of criticism, organizers of an international reggae festival in Spain backtracked Wednesday and apologized for cancelling a concert by Jewish-American singer Matisyahu because he ...

In February, a school nurse phoned Matthew Paul Miller, the Jewish reggae singer and rapper who plays under his Hebrew name, Matisyahu, with bad news. His three boys had lice. Again. Matisyahu has ...

How about something different this year for Hanukkah? How about some reggae? That’s what you’ll get with “Festival of Lights,” the creation of David Solid Gould, a Jewish bassist who recorded it with ...

Other than the connections between Judaism and Rastafarianism, and maybe good ol’ Matisyahu, there aren’t too many links between Jews and reggae. That is, if you’re not counting Gary Himelfarb, a.k.a.

HUDSON, N.Y. -- What's in a beard? For Hassidic Jews whose observance calls for a uniform outward appearance, including hat and long beard for men, the bushy, black beard of unlikely reggae hero ...

At a music festival that included the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Kanye West, Tool and even Madonna, a Hasidic Jewish reggae singer was arguably one of the most popular acts on the bill. Matisyahu, aka Matthew ...

In 1997, writer, producer and performer Michael Goldwasser founded reggae collective Easy Star All-Stars, and has since then released half a dozen albums with names like “Dub Side of the Moon,” ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) --Fans of a Jewish reggae star from Westchester got quite the shock Tuesday morning. Matisyahu shaved off his signature beard and payos. "No more Chassidic reggae superstar," he ...

NEW YORK - New York City-based Hasidic reggae superstar Matisyahu is on a new religious path, but it's unclear which one. The Jewish singer shaved off his beard and posted the bare-faced photos ...