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.

If Matisyahu weren’t such a success, he would be a punchline: What do you call a Hasidic Jew who sings reggae? For the 26-year-old Brooklyn resident, however, faith is no laughing matter. As he ...

Organizers insist there’s no significance to the date popular Jewish reggae singer and rap artist Matisyahu will return to the area to perform at Temple Har Zion in Penn Valley months after three of ...

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 ...