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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hasidic Jewish reggae musician Matthew Paul Miller, better known by his Hebrew name Matisyahu, poses for a portrait in Los Angeles ...

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.

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 ...

Reggae artist Matisyahu has had the House of Blues in Chicago cancel his scheduled performance Friday because of the “threat of protests.” Matisyahu said that House of Blues had canceled the show and ...

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 ...

After being thrown out of festivals, dropped by his manager and railed against by anti-Israel mobs, reggae star Matisyahu says the backlash over his support for the Jewish state hasn’t slowed him down ...