Ahava Raba comes from a Jewish prayer in which the four corners of the traditional Jewish prayer shawl are gathered while people play for peace across the four corners of the Earth. The Brooklyn-based ...

Yaakov “Yanky” Lemmer’s mellifluous tenor is heard most often in the Lincoln Square Synagogue in New York, where he serves as the head cantor, singing the liturgies and leading prayers. He has also ...

A Borough Park-raised hazzan knows that he has ‘big shoes to fill’ at the shul his predecessor served for 50 years. After nearly a half-century, Lincoln Square Synagogue on the Upper West Side is ...

Some of the leading artists in the younger generation of New York City’s Jewish music community have combined their considerable talents and shared vision to form Ahava Raba, a collaboration in ...